There is no better place to post, organize and recall the funny things my kids say than LJ, so I’ve come to update. I feel horrid that I’ve missed so many quotables over the past year but what can I say? I suck ( Read more... )

During this festive time of year, I often indulge in dressing up my children in several Christmas ensembles ( Read more... )

Overheard this morning ( Read more... )

Fall TV season can be very distracting to me.  My four most favorite shows are currently on the schedule so most of my evenings are taken up with them.  My children have caught onto my inattention and they are often found snuggled on the couch with me, way past their bedtimes, while we wait for a commercial break to put them back ( Read more... )

On Sesame Street this morning, my kids learned about ballet.  Specifically, they learned about pirouettes which they began practicing in the living room with various results.  Doobie biffed it a couple of times but he finally had one successful (though not entirely graceful) rotation.  He ran over to me to exclaim, "I can do a pair of waps ( Read more... )

Mother's Day.  The day when moms everywhere sleep in, ignore all child related emergencies and generally shirk any and all responsibilities.  Riiiiiight.

My Mother's Day started in a rather dramatic fashion this morning. At six a.m.  I heard Beebs crying for me. My immediate thought was that he'd peed the bed because he'd come home late last night ( Read more... )

Every Monday I wash all the bedding in the house.  Every Monday.  So you think it wouldn't come as such a surprise every week when Doodimus walks into his room for quiet time and sees his naked bed.  But he always has a comment.

Today it was, "Uh oh.  There's no sheeps on the bed!"

A few weeks ago I journaled about the shame over the fact that my daughter (who is three) can correctly identify a vast assortment of restaurants just by sighting their logos; McDonald's, Carl's Jr and TGIF Fridays just to name a few.  Yesterday, Doodimus went to Target with me and as we were going through the checkout line he pointed toward the ( Read more... )

Lately I've been mentally preparing myself for a serious potty training session with the Doodimus.  I don't know when I'm going to actually implement things, but I've been thinking about it a bit.  So last night I stumbled across a teaching moment while I was changing his diaper ( Read more... )

Several years ago, before I was blessed with children of my own, I was watching some nightly news special about how kids these days can more easily recognize fast food trademarks than things like the shapes of the state they live in or the Mr. Poison symbol.  I remember thinking, "that's because they have bad parents."  Am I wrong ( Read more... )