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Meeting Nature in the City
The night was cold and a light mist fell from the sky as I walked the half block down to my in-laws house to pick up the little boys. It was 8:00 p.m. and I was tired after a long day at work. The...
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I Took the Boys to an Amazing Theater and They Made Me Feel Really Old
Ed the Awesome has been working on a play for quite some time now. He plays Rochefort in The Three Musketeers at our local community theater. He has had to learn to stage fence and has grown out an...
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New Rules for “Sick” Children
Alright, my dearies, you know I always try to pass along any insights into this parenting game as I figure them out. The little boys are 8 years old now and this parenting gig has taken on a whole...
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My Boys. They’re Demons.
Last week we had tickets to go to the Rangers and Red Sox game. It’s one of the games I absolutely insist upon every year. Ed forgot when we had baseball tickets, so he ended up doing an all-day...
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I Am the Butt of Every Joke
I’ve tried all manner of diets over the years and now, I’m trying the paleo diet. It’s working for me and I feel good. I haven’t made a big deal out of it with Ed or the boys, but it is obvious when...
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What Girlfriends Are For
Every great once in a while, the boys have a conversation so outlandish with Ed that it simply must be preserved for posterity on the internet. This is one such story. Ed had picked the boys up from...
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I Am The Butt Of All Their Jokes, Part Deux
The boys were ecstatic after a win for their little league baseball team a couple of weeks ago. It was after 7:00 in the evening. We headed to Target because we needed a few things before we called...
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Babbling Babes
My little cherubs are 8 years old now, eight and a half if you ask them, but they used to be tiny and we had to learn on the job how to properly rear them. Back when they were first learning how to...
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Boys, An Update
My babies are growing up so fast! The Friday before last was their last day of school for second grade. The second they got in the car, they informed me they were now third graders. They’ve taken...
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I’ve Learned Another Parenting Lesson the Hard Way
I’ve learned yet another parenting lesson the hard way. Again. I’m sharing so that you might learn from my mistakes and so that maybe, just maybe, I might be able to remember the lesson for the...
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This Boy Is Gross Too.
This boy. He, too, is disgusting. He’s cute, but totally disgusting. His favorite sentence is, “Hey Mom, look at this!” And I turn and look at him and am immediately grossed out. It’s because he...
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Relearning To Swim
The boys and I went swimming at a local pool with some friends recently and well, I’m a bit of a slacker mom at times and they hadn’t been swimming in about 10 months. Shame on me! I told them on the...
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Unsalted Cat Turds
We had Rangers baseball tickets for the second Wednesday after I got back from vacation and I spent more than a week thinking I was on heart call for surgery (I love my new job!) and couldn’t go to the...
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Avocado Green Poop. Yes, That’s the Title.
I’m pretty sure all children like to hear about what they were like as babies and toddlers. This is one of the boys’ favorite stories. After we brought the boys home from the hospital after their...
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Bob the Parasite Cat. Or, the Shade Thief.
This is Bob. He leads a difficult life. Someone simply must enjoy the cool air coming out from underneath the house whilst napping in the shade on a hot day, mustn’t they? And who else is there to...
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Demon Child, You Can’t Say That to Me While I’m Driving!
I don’t get to pick up the boys from school on a regular basis anymore because of my new work schedule, but when I do, there’s usually only one subject on their minds: farting! Or burping! Really,...
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Tuesday Whilst Eating Oysters
On the second official day of our vacation, we ate at an oyster bar called Wintzell’s in Mobile, Alabama. The main reason we ate there was because Ed wanted gumbo. As if we needed any other reason!...
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Things I Learned On Vacation
1. Rock-Paper-Scissors will settle any and every debate. Who has better looking children? Rock, Paper, Scissors! Who is smarter? Rock, Paper, Scissors! Who is loved more by mom? Rock, Paper,...
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Quotes from the Backseat
If you’ve never driven around with a couple of boys in the backseat and just listened to the things they say, you are missing out on some funny stuff! “Eww, Mom! Trip ate some of my hair!” (Giggling...
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