For the Love of the Game, or Just the Win?
I sit here at this blank screen, and I want to write about the blue sky that tented the sun today, like a smiling curtain …
Dodgeball Conversations – “We Get Whacked”
Son: Mom, we played dodgeball today.Me: Oh yeah?Son: Yeah!Daughter: Yeah, we played it in gym.Son: Mommy, do you think if I got hit with the …
A Costume Kind of Day
As promised, my costumed family for Halloween. I will share the tutorials in separate upcoming posts, as promised. (Homemade costumes make good Christmas presents for …
Bubbles, Glowsticks and Pumpkins Make Magic
This picture accurately describes how I felt when I first arrived at the event. Cold. Dark. Wobbly. Surrounded. Glow sticks and orange balloons with plastic, …
Conversations with Kids Make My Brain Hurt
After a few days of a clingy baby trying to fight to feel better, I needed space. I needed my arms and body back, to …
Out of the Mouth of Babes Part 13
(Perhaps I should call this the smacking head edition? You’ll see why in a minute.) —————————————————— Playing Rummy with my oldest son, I remind him …
My Son’s Public Service Announcement
We talk a lot about telling the truth, and truth in advertising (especially doing what I do), and the gimmicks some commercials use to encourage …
Dinner and a Comedy Show
I swear that it’s never dull in our house. I mean, with six kids, how could it ever be? For dinner last night, though, it …
I Am. Continued..
I am a mother. I am a mother to a brilliant, sensitive child. I am constantly worried that his ability to act and react without …
I Want to Throw Up
School is already causing so many headaches for me, I don’t even know what to do anymore. (Side note: thank you so much to the …