Yeah, the whole leaving kids alone thing has been big in the news lately. So it's kinda sad that I have to hesitate before posting this, and think, gee, is someone going to report me to Child Services because of what I'm about to post? But I did nothing wrong -- neither according to the laws of Massachusetts nor according to my own personal moral/ ( Read more... )

Ruthie is back from an extended 2-day, 2-night sleepover/play date with her cousin Baz. Thanks sandykidd for keeping her fed and alive and such. ;) She was happy to snuggle with me at bedtime and then sacked out like whoa ( Read more... )

A few recent kid funnies on the eve of the new school year ( Read more... )

Yes, I know it's December. But I thought that instead of typing out a whole actual update ;) that I would just copy-paste in a selection of my Facebook posts from November. The primary purpose of this is for me to not lose all the "funny things the kids said/did/wrote" once they scroll too far down my Facebook page. Also, it's a way to preserve my ( Read more... )

I am posting this on December 4th, 2012, but back-dating it to November. This is a compilation of posts from Facebook in October 2012, of the "funny things kids say" and/or "day in the life" variety.

( October 2012 in Facebook updates )

Two anecdotes that demonstrate, perhaps, the cognitive phenomenon known as "mommy brain"...or maybe it's just the ethereal nature of memory and intuition...or maybe I'm just a dork.

#1: "The existence of forgetting has never been proved" - NietzscheLast night Isaac was watching me open Gmail, and he suddenly asked whether he could have a gmail ( Read more... )

So I started a new blog. It's not meant to replace this one, because I think of livejournal as the place where I write about the minutiae of my daily life, random things I think about, etc., whereas the blog is for writing about books that I'm reading and what I'm thinking about them.

Here's the link to my book blog in case you'd like to check it ( Read more... )

I love this Ruthie-ism from last night: "Straws are like a plug. It plugs into your cup and plugs into your mouth. And whatever drink is going through it, is the electricity ( Read more... )

Good morning! I remembered the other thing I had wanted to post about re Isaac's birthday ( Read more... )

A few days ago I was parking my car in a parking lot near the field where I was to meet my mom and the kids for Little League. It so happened that the building I parked in front of houses our veterinarian's office. On the steps of the house next door to the vet's, two little boys were hanging out ( Read more... )