As the temperature crept past 100 yesterday, I knew we were in trouble. I tried to get the heathens outside with me to weed the garden, but after fifteen minutes, even I was whimpering in defeat. 100 degrees with 90% humidity drove us back inside, and I think we all had tempers that were noticeably [...]
Archive for the ‘Kids’ Category
The Cookie Peace Treaty—aka Forced Disarmament and Some Granny-Style Distractions
Posted in Food, Kids on June 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Things Every Mother of Boys Should Have
Posted in Home, Kids on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1. A carpet steam cleaner. Otherwise your carpet will gross you out after a very short time.
2. Walls painted with latex enamel paint…so you can clean off all those things that end up on the walls, while you remind yourself not to even ask what they are.
3. Crates of Band-Aids and buckets of Neosporin. And [...]
When You Know You Will Have a Nervous Breakdown If You Have to Pick Up One More Dirty Sock
Posted in Home, Kids, Marriage on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Being at Stay-at-Home-Mom is often the best job in the world. Most days, I make my own schedule (whether to fold that laundry now or later), and I have the freedom of many choices, because I really only answer to myself and my family. Unless the kids are sick, or you have enrolled them in [...]
The Zoo—aka My Kids’ Natural Habitat
Posted in Kids, Randomness on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend, Husband and I packed it up for a little impromptu road trip. After too much time trapped in the house, the kids and I were getting restless, and starting to foam at the mouth a bit. Even the most creative mom and the most patient kid can get a little loopy after too [...]
Some Thumbs Up, Some Thumbs Down, and Some “Don’t Waste Your Money”
Posted in Fitness, Kids, Randomness, Reviews on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a one-income family, we usually have to make our dollars stretch farther than a yoga master. This often makes me a very picky purchaser, and I confess that I spend way too much time on Amazon.com reading product reviews. I want to know whether my potential purchases will deliver on their promise, or doom [...]
Germ Warfare and Italian Food
Posted in Food, Kids on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
School is out my friends, which of course means my kids are sick. Don’t ask me how they managed to catch a cold exactly 2 seconds after school was over, but they did. Between them coughing all night, and acting like yahoos all day, this week hasn’t exactly been the best start to summer vacation. [...]
The Crayon Apocalypse
Posted in Home, Kids on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No fun Sunday here folks.
Not when I failed to realize that my kids had crayons in their pockets until about 2 seconds after I opened the dryer.
My poor laundry looks like a Crayola factory exploded all over it. Not only do my husband’s clothes look like this:
but this shirt is actually the best looking of [...]
Outnumbered and Outgunned
Posted in Kids, Marriage on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My husband raises our kids like they are going to be candidates for Survivor.
He claims he is trying to teach us all to survive in the jungle…because we all know that the danger of stumbling into an Amazonian-type jungle in the middle of farm country Louisiana is clearly imminent.
He hides and jumps out to scare [...]
“Didn’t Your Mama Raise You Right?”
Posted in Kids, Randomness on May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Manners are a touchy topic these days. Probably because they are becoming a lost art.
Families are increasingly over-committed, and manners are often forgotten in the frantic pace of a drive-thru life. It seems like a whole generation is losing the most basic knowledge of tables manners and social graces. It’s not just the kids…the past three parties [...]
When is a Cupcake More than a Cupcake?
Posted in Food, Kids on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven years ago, I gave birth to Oldest, aka Demon Baby. If you ask me, I’d swear it happened just last week. How did my super-screaming-wriggling-ten-pound-baby get to be seven??? When did this happen? He was supposed to stop at five, but oh-no, he just has to keep growing!
(That sound you hear is my biological [...]
