On Sunday, I was furiously trying to clean the house, since I don’t have much time to do that during the week, when Phillip tried to climb into my lap and push me into a sitting position. Lannie picked him up and said, “C’mon, let’s go to the living room so Mama can work.” [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on August 28th, 2007 | No Comments »
Kids say the darndest things (not just my kids):
The kids and I went for a bike ride this week, and Elizabeth insisted on riding out in front of us as we zipped through the neighborhood. I noticed that one of our neighbors was watering her lawn up ahead, and the sprinkler was spraying into [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on August 25th, 2007 | No Comments »
Kids are gross sometimes. They can’t help it; they are just kids. As a mom, though, it’s my job to clean up after them when they are gross.
It’s the worst part of the job, bar none. Those of you who are men should really thank God right now that you will probably never have to [...]
Filed under: gross, kids, three kids and no life on August 19th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So I started back to work full-time yesterday after being off (with the exception of a few workshops) for more than a month. I had kind of lulled myself into the false impression that I was a stay-at-home mom, and it was a shock to my system to go back to work. It hasn’t really [...]
Filed under: Mommy wars, kids, working mom on August 14th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Our next-door-neighbor set an old television set on the curb today, which greatly confused Phillip. She also set out the remote control, which confused him even more.
While playing in the front yard with Caleb, he walked over to the TV, picked up the remote, and began clicking it at the TV. Then he walked over [...]
Filed under: funny kids, kids on August 13th, 2007 | No Comments »
A friend was asking me yesterday about the hardest part of having three kids, and I have to say it’s the competition for attention. All of my kids, but especially Elizabeth, are constantly competing for more attention. Yesterday, the competition was particularly fierce.
Lannie and I set up the slip and slide and the [...]
Filed under: family, funny kids on August 10th, 2007 | No Comments »
I enjoyed reading this Newsweek article, “Enough with the Mommy wars!” I agree with much of what the author had to say (I do think that most people who don’t have children are baffled by the fact that these parenting things are debated ad nauseum). I also think that the reason most of us mommies [...]
Filed under: Mommy wars, family, kids on August 8th, 2007 | No Comments »
We visited Lannie’s family in Memphis this week, and we spent a very hot afternoon at the Memphis zoo. While we generally enjoy the Memphis zoo, especially the pandas and the new polar bear exhibit, the near-100 degree temperature forced us to scoot from inside exhibit to inside exhibit looking for air conditioning. We brought [...]
Filed under: Kids and Blogs, Memphis, family, funny kids, hot weather on August 4th, 2007 | No Comments »