I am constantly bemoaning the fact that I can't get my son to watch any TV. He refuses. I am not looking for him to be television obsessed, but it would be nice if he could sit for 15 minutes and watch Elmo. At this age, my daughter would have spent 3 hours watching DJ Lance if ...
The little feather that could.
This morning was a morning like most others. We watched an episode of My Little Pony, found the "Tuesday" underwear from my daughter's drawer, hurried her off to school, as my son and I stayed in our pajamas. My son and I snuggled up in bed for a good two hours and napped together, as I fell ...
No good feed goes unpunished.
As the old saying implies, you try to do something good, and it just ends up... not being so good. Today I made myself a kale smoothie. This came about after a few recent conversations; 1. A friend and I were emailing back and forth and he was like, "So, what are you up to?" and I was like, "I am ...
I have so much.
This weekend was the first that the fierce cold really whipped me in the bones. It has been dancing around, and gotten close, but this weekend it hit me, and got under my skin. We spent most of the time holed up at home, in our cozy fuzzy living room. When we went outside for some brief ...
“I wanted love. I needed love. Most of all.” Well, that and warmth.
This morning was bitter cold once again. I had to drive my daughter to school, which meant I had to bring the baby along, which meant a lot of bundling. For me, it was a cashmere sweater, topped with a huge cardigan under my parka. For the baby it was a long sleeve shirt, courds, a sweater, ...
Fortune Telling.
Do you ever will things to happen? My husband and I do this with TV shows and movies sometimes; it has kind of become a thing and he is definitely the master. You know, you think of a movie that you would really like to watch and then BAM it is on the guide the next ...
Baby it’s Cold Outside.
This past week has been a blur of sick days. Today is another one (more on that, later.) I am endlessly grateful that it has just been some lingering respiratory things and maybe a touch of the stomach flu, as it is almost the one year anniversary of our week in the hospital with a sick 2 month ...
For the love of music.
This morning, one of my cherished new friends sent this video to me, to help chase some of my sick babies blues away. [youtube=http://youtu.be/XqLTe8h0-jo] She didn't know that The Beach Boys concert with my family was my favorite concert ever. EVER. She didn't know that "God only knows what I'd be without you." is the phrase that I ...
“Oui Oui Oui!”
The idealism and sense of control I felt this morning based on some creative imaginative play and happy moods has now devolved into this: It is 5pm. I have been placed in a tiara and am being forced to wield a wand. My hot cocoa just exploded in my microwave. And then I choked on it. And, my daughter ...
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