Archive for January, 2008
Things I want them to know
Tonight at dinner…
Amy: Mom, will I have a boyfriend by the time I’m in sixth grade?
Me (shrieking): Absolutely NOT! No possible way!
Dan: Ummm, I had a girlfriend in sixth grade.
And then I lunged across the table and stabbed him with my fork for interfering with the brainwashing I’ve been conducting since they were born.
Sixth [...]
Sins of the fathers…and the mothers
The lovely Alice at Finslippy has asked for parenting screw-ups. Where to begin? After almost ten years and three children there are so many that this could almost become a regular (albeit depressing) feature. So here I go, humiliating myself, again.
Amy (now age 9) had something like 14 ear infections in her first [...]
About the children
Some of you may have noticed that I have exchanged the children. The new versions are remarkably like the originals, only with different names. So in place of my regular children, I now have Amy, Mia, and Adam.
Yes, in a nod to security, I decided to give the kids blog names. With [...]
Now with even more phlegm…and some work stuff too
All five of us with colds at the same time? Ick. The flu has morphed into stuffy noses, constricted airways, and occasional coughing fits. Aren’t we a happy bunch? But on a high note, no more throwing up. Any day without vomit is a good day.
So now that everyone is [...]