My mom bought Sean kitchen stuff last Christmas.  Why she chose kitchen stuff for a 13 year old boy when our tiny kitchen is already bursting at the seams I'm not sure, but there we were.   The pizza making set had stayed safely tucked away--until last night.

Sean decided he needed to open it up and get cracking on some pizza.  We looked up a pizza ( Read more... )

Ashton had a bad day on Monday. He woke in a nasty mood and apparently carried it with him all day. The first thing he said when he walked in the door after school was, "Don't even ask about balls and strikes (a ball is a bad thing, and so, obviously, are strikes). I'm not talking about it." I wanted to laugh, but I don't want to discourage his ( Read more... )

One step up.

Sean did ask me last week with help studying for the end-of-the-week science test. I just took a gander at his grades and he got a 100%! Yes!

When Dad and I talked with his teachers, I suggested he write down his assignments every day and have them sign off that he'd written down the right thing and when he'd turned it in. The ( Read more... )

My sweet baby boy turned 13 last Thursday. He's still sweet-most of the time-but he's certainly no longer a baby. He'll always be my baby, of course, but he's really not a baby. He's been asking me to teach him how to shave for months now. Really, he has peach fuzz that's barely visible because it's white-blond. I have put him off and put him ( Read more... )

I've spent the last week trying to avoid pinching off the boys' heads and getting my mind around the idea of being fired. It's humiliating. Lots more thoughts on the subject of being fired, but I'll leave it there for now ( Read more... )

I slept this weekend--a ton. If my boys weren't so well behaved, they could've caused a fair amount of trouble. Sean has been a gem, as usual ( Read more... )

Sean came and stood outside my door while I was changing after work. Nothing unusual there. They all like to stand outside the door and talk to me when I'm daring enough to close it. What was unusual was the request he made ( Read more... )

No recent posts. Shame! Too much going on, nothing of significance though ( Read more... )

Jeez, it never ends, does it ( Read more... )

Ack! Because work hadn't worn me out enough.. actually, it hadn't, but it's fun to bitch.. I brought home the boys, who immediately made a mess. Alex goes to the bathroom. Ashton goes in behind him and comes out screaming. Alex plugged up the toilet and now Ashton can't uuuuuuuse it! GR!! Since they can't decide who stopped it up, I send them ( Read more... )