According to my dear friend and former wild gal, RM, it should be required that every woman have this
Apparently all mothers will be thanking her because it will make ‘cleaning the shower’ so much easier.
Just thought I’d pass on the wisdom.
advice from an old college friend…
April 30, 2008 by 2 Comments
According to my dear friend and former wild gal, RM, it should be required that every woman have this
Apparently all mothers will be thanking her because it will make ‘cleaning the shower’ so much easier.
Just thought I’d pass on the wisdom.
Transportation day (aka: the blind leading the blind)
April 29, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Today was transportation day at Mia’s preschool. They have been learning all about how to get from here to there during the month of April. Today was the big finale where the kids made cars, did races, practiced washing, played red light/green light, and paraded their creations. I walked away from this event with three specific thoughts:
1. I am proud of the car my daughter and her daddy made together. All the other cars looked like the parents did all the work. Her car actually looked like a car built by a four year old with a grown up’s help.
2. I am glad Jake and Charlotte were super well behaved!
3. Thank God they will have better nerve pills on the market by the time this child actually learns to drive!
Transportation day (aka: the blind leading the blind)
April 29, 2008 by 3 Comments
Today was transportation day at Mia’s preschool. They have been learning all about how to get from here to there during the month of April. Today was the big finale where the kids made cars, did races, practiced washing, played red light/green light, and paraded their creations. I walked away from this event with three specific thoughts:
1. I am proud of the car my daughter and her daddy made together. All the other cars looked like the parents did all the work. Her car actually looked like a car built by a four year old with a grown up’s help.
2. I am glad Jake and Charlotte were super well behaved!
3. Thank God they will have better nerve pills on the market by the time this child actually learns to drive!
Either the thing has a death wish or is plotting some serious revenge
April 28, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Last week my two-year-old son came running into the kitchen to tell me there was a lizard in the house. I just assumed he was exercising his imagination until he escorted me to the fireplace and there was, in fact, a lizard. It was just sitting there minding its own business like it belonged on my fireplace. Well, considering I don’t to well with crawly, creepy, buggy, reptile things I knew Mr. Lizard had to go!
What’s a mother to do about these things when the hubby is at work? Call the children for help, of course! I gave Mia the little net to our fish tank and handed Jacob a sauce pot. They were handed their instruction to remove the thing from the house and they headed in to battle. Of course they thought the lizard was cute and they wanted to play with it. I don’t know how we managed, but the thing ended up on the back patio. The kids quickly went outside hoping to make friends with the lizard. They chased it, let it climb on a stick, tried to catch it in a cup, and generally annoyed it. In the midst of my daughter trying to pick the thing up she ended up breaking off a rather large section of its tail. Considering their tails grow back I wasn’t concerned. My daughter, however, felt really bad. When she tried to apologize to Mr. Lizard he bit her hand! She screamed and ran in the house.
Now, I may not be a fan of the lizard. But, I’d probably bite too if someone tore off my tail. I took her and her brother back in the house to give the lizard time to escape. I told the kids he didn’t want to play anymore and that he had to go home.
I thought this was the end of our lizard, but a couple days later I saw him again. I was moving the trash can back up to the house and he was sitting on the lid staring at me. I think I may have actually wet my pants. I knew it was him by his lack of tail and by the scowl in his little reptile eyes. I sorta flicked him off the trash can because I certainly didn’t want him trapped in the garage (which is where we keep our trash can). I figured that was asking for trouble.
Well, guess what I saw today?
Hmm…
Either the thing has a death wish or is plotting some serious revenge
April 28, 2008 by 2 Comments
Last week my two-year-old son came running into the kitchen to tell me there was a lizard in the house. I just assumed he was exercising his imagination until he escorted me to the fireplace and there was, in fact, a lizard. It was just sitting there minding its own business like it belonged on my fireplace. Well, considering I don’t to well with crawly, creepy, buggy, reptile things I knew Mr. Lizard had to go!
What’s a mother to do about these things when the hubby is at work? Call the children for help, of course! I gave Mia the little net to our fish tank and handed Jacob a sauce pot. They were handed their instruction to remove the thing from the house and they headed in to battle. Of course they thought the lizard was cute and they wanted to play with it. I don’t know how we managed, but the thing ended up on the back patio. The kids quickly went outside hoping to make friends with the lizard. They chased it, let it climb on a stick, tried to catch it in a cup, and generally annoyed it. In the midst of my daughter trying to pick the thing up she ended up breaking off a rather large section of its tail. Considering their tails grow back I wasn’t concerned. My daughter, however, felt really bad. When she tried to apologize to Mr. Lizard he bit her hand! She screamed and ran in the house.
Now, I may not be a fan of the lizard. But, I’d probably bite too if someone tore off my tail. I took her and her brother back in the house to give the lizard time to escape. I told the kids he didn’t want to play anymore and that he had to go home.
I thought this was the end of our lizard, but a couple days later I saw him again. I was moving the trash can back up to the house and he was sitting on the lid staring at me. I think I may have actually wet my pants. I knew it was him by his lack of tail and by the scowl in his little reptile eyes. I sorta flicked him off the trash can because I certainly didn’t want him trapped in the garage (which is where we keep our trash can). I figured that was asking for trouble.
Well, guess what I saw today? Hmm…
Where’s the beef? It’s in the fridge!
April 27, 2008 by Leave a Comment
I think I may have actually been successful at making hubby’s current business trip a little easier on myself. I have mentioned before that dinnertime is like rush hour around here. There’s food to make, people to feed, lunches to pack, dishes to do, and bottles to make. To help ease some of that stress I did a cooking marathon today. I made 4 separate meals from start to finish. Those meals, plus a night of leftovers and frozen pizza may just keep me from having to cook all week. I think I am even going to serve the kids all their meals on paper plates just to make clean up that much easier.
Anything is bound to help, right? Let’s hope so.
Where’s the beef? It’s in the fridge!
April 27, 2008 by 3 Comments
I think I may have actually been successful at making hubby’s current business trip a little easier on myself. I have mentioned before that dinnertime is like rush hour around here. There’s food to make, people to feed, lunches to pack, dishes to do, and bottles to make. To help ease some of that stress I did a cooking marathon today. I made 4 separate meals from start to finish. Those meals, plus a night of leftovers and frozen pizza may just keep me from having to cook all week. I think I am even going to serve the kids all their meals on paper plates just to make clean up that much easier.
Anything is bound to help, right? Let’s hope so.
