Anyone want to buy a used seven year old? He's cute, friendly, talkative (omg, is he talkative), brilliant, and affectionate. He's also prone to doing things that completely defy explanation ( Read more... )

I came across this link on one of the parenting blogs that I read, and I got a real kick out of it. All those years I carried my kids around in the bottom of my backpack ... who knew?And in keeping with the kid theme, I have to offer up a classic Donny moment from last night. After counting the money in his wallet, he proudly announced that he had ( Read more... )

Had an interesting phone call the other day from the Band Director at Amy's school. He said that the marching band was short on percussion players this year, and he was wondering if she'd be interested in joining. I'm thinking, "the middle school has a marching band?", but no ... it's the High School Marching Band!He was very complimentary of Amy ( Read more... )

Amy had her first swim meet tonight. She came in dead last in every heat she was in (by a significant margin), yet ended the night with a huge grin on her face -- she loved it ( Read more... )

Another 2-hour delay today because of the cold temps in the early morning, but with a twist this time. Because there was only supposed to be a half-day today anyway (teacher training in the afternoon), they just cancelled school altogether. My kids were in school all of two days this week, and Donny will only be in two days next week. (Both off ( Read more... )

Amy and I watched "Parting of the Ways" tonight. She has become completely obsessed with Doctor Who, and I swear she would watch the entire 2nd season in an all-night marathon if I'd let her, LOL ( Read more... )

Today was the first day of school. Two big transitions this year -- Amy is starting middle school and Donny is starting Kindergarten. So fun!

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Amy got her instrument today at band camp, and brought home her snare drum and xylophone. They are starting on the bells, so that's what she set up in her room to practice. Donny, of course, is completely fascinated by them, so we made it clear they weren't a toy and he's not supposed to play them without permission. The next conversation went ( Read more... )

Amy got her ears pierced today. She neither fainted nor threw up, though she came very close to doing both. *g* Fortunately, we (myself and the two really nice young women who were working at the shop) kept her talking and she eventually recovered enough to get ice cream, then buy a couple pairs of capri pants for school ( Read more... )

Yikes, just looked at the date of my last entry and it's been quite awhile since I updated ( Read more... )