My Parenting Understudy
You know what's sad? It's when your college kid comes back home for a semester and does a better job parenting her siblings than you do. […]
Children
Contracting Fall-itis. It’s the Pencil’s Fault.
I need someone to tell me what it is about pencils and pens and protractors and spiral notebooks and cute little locker magnets, and glue […]
will.i.am Doing good in School and Making the World Better
Alrighty folks. Here's your Friday dose of What's Good in the World. And it comes in the form of former Black Eyed Peas frontman, will.i.am. […]
Adventures in Flying
While I have been lying here convalescing, and slowly going CRAZY My boy has been learning to fly. First, there was Discovery: And then there […]
You’ve Gotta Notice The Music–Before It Flies Away
See that front room up there? What do you notice about it? I mean the first thing to smack your eyes when you look at […]
Hi. I’m Mr. FatBrain’s Mom.
Littlest Dude when he was Even Littler Dude I'm sitting here watching my littlest dude trying to jam a rod between the wheels of his […]
Wait! Come Back! That Growing Up Thing Kids Do.
I'm spending the day–and much of next week–sending my peeps off to various camps and cousin visits and waving Oldest Child back to college after […]
Mrs. Perfect-Pants and the School Seminar of Doom
I'm looking at putting my kid in a private school next year because frankly, public school, bless its stoic heart, has failed him. Or at […]
Stuff That Makes Me Giggle, Laugh, Guffaw, and Occasionally, Snort
Happy Friday, my people! Today I just want to chillax. And I want you to chillax with me. There's so much stressful stuff flying around […]
Everything I Know About Parenting I Learned In … um … er
My, how life changes us. You know? My college sophomore-child dropped by the other day (because apparently my washer has better agitation-action than the ancient […]