A hair-raising good time…
The week before Christmas the Spouse was giving the girls a bath when he created this masterpiece:
The week before Christmas the Spouse was giving the girls a bath when he created this masterpiece:
Some days I know one cup of coffee isn’t going to do it. A snowy pre-Christmas Monday in December is one of those days. All through my school days and continuing into college, I, like every other student and teacher, hoped and prayed for a snow day with every wintry forecast. Fast forward to this…
Despite my best efforts to be well prepared, I’m heading into Christmas on two wheels again. I’m not sure what the antidote to all the crazy is, but I know what it is not: the parking lot of our city’s shopping mecca forty-eight hours before the holiday. The shirt I’m wearing may say “Holly Jolly…
Last week when Peter Pan Live! aired on television, the girls were so excited to watch it. Even after they saw the original broadcast, they wanted to watch highlights from it again over the weekend. I think it blew their minds that Peter Pan was played by a female. The Toddler was particularly mesmerized by Peter’s…
The Kindergartener has been asking me a lot of questions lately about what it was like “way back” when I was little. She’s particularly concerned about the lack of technology in the late 70’s and early ’80’s, and she wants to know things like… “Did people have to use typewriters back when you were born?”…
The Preschooler has a couple of words and phrases that she can’t say quite right. But, they’ve become such a part of her vocabulary, I can’t bring myself to correct her on them yet. My current favorites are, in context: Me {after she saw Monsters University}: Who was your favorite character in the movie? The…
Do you ever feel like this scarecrow? Our poor guy has had a rough autumn. It’s bad enough that he’s anorexic, has a small hole in his head, and doesn’t own a hat. But, you factor in the wind gusts like we had last night, and it’s more than he can handle. Here’s his real…