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How to cure a 6-year-old’s insomnia

It’s the night before O’s first day of 1st grade.  He’s going to a new school (the same one M goes to) which means he gets to commute with his dad.  It also means he needs to be awake super early for a 6:40am departure.  Last year M handled the change to a new school [...]

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A post from HEN

Look what I did!!

I especially like the way the glass didn’t shower down but rather splintered in the most bedazzling way. The glass crackled for several minutes. It sounded like rain. My brothers were mesmerized. It was so beautiful it brought tears to my mother’s eyes.

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The panel of [...]

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Daddy Auditions…

After I brought home the puppy, I said to OMN, “So who’s the best daddy in the whole world?” I put my arms out for a bear hug. He ran into my arms, and said, “YOU ARE!!!”
Then he released his embrace, looked up in the air thinking, and said, “Well, maybe there are [...]

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A too quiet house.

Harper?
What.
Where are you?
In the bedroom.
What are you doing?
Umm… nothing.
Can I see you?
No, I’m in the bedroom.
No, I mean, can you come out of the bedroom so I can see you?
No.
Why?
It’s too dangerous.
Why is it too dangerous?
You’ll spank my bottom.*
I went to the bedroom and found him completely naked except for the soccer shoes he was [...]

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OMN’s first bike ride

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Lemon

My sister’s dogs had four puppies.  Matt and I had three boys.  It was bound to happen.
We went two days trying out different names (she came with Lola but we decided we wanted the fun of naming her ourselves).  MTN2 was stuck on Cheerio for awhile (I still can’t figure that one out), Scout was [...]

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Birthday breakfast

Sara turned 35 on the 24th.  The boys helped their aunt make her a special birthday breakfast for her.  She was so happy with it she allowed herself to be photographed in her pajamas.

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More on ABC HEN

MTN, singing, “AB-”
HEN, shouting, “CD-”
MTN, “EF-”
HEN, “G!”
MTN, “HI-”
HEN, “JK-
MTN, “LMNO-”
HEN, “Poop.”

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One from MTN2, and one from OMN, and one from HEN

MTN2, “Mom, when was the first war?”
SJZ, “I dunno. I suppose when Cain slew Abel.”
MTN2, “How did you know Cain’s middle name?
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OMN heard me humming along to an iPod and asked, “Dad, is that the song that made you and Mom fall in love?”
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HEN is playing with Scrabble pieces, arranging them onto the tile [...]

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MTN Interpreting HEN, HEN Interpreting MTN

If you’ve had email for at least a few years, no doubt you’ve received the spam email that shows us how our brains can interpret words even when they’re jumbled, for example:
Arocdnicg to rsceearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht [...]

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