The boys have both finished the Harry Potter essays I assigned a few weeks back. I've read Younger Son's and it's adorable and I just want to gobble him up for some of the things he wrote. I'll type it up and post it for everyone this evening ( Read more... )

Younger Son has been working his way through the Harry Potter books since 4th grade. It's taken him about two years, but he's managed to (as of Saturday), read all seven of the books. He was determined to finish DH before HP7.2 comes out in July. He's proud that, for the first time ever, he'll be able to watch one of the HP movies and know what ( Read more... )

The boys are out of school for spring break. Normally this would cause many parents to groan/whimper/whine because they don't know where they're going to put said children while they have to go to work. NOT ME!! This clinic is closed this week so that we may spend time with our kids during spring break ( Read more... )

On this day twelve years ago, my younger son showed his first hint of stubbornness. I had checked into the hospital on February 18, 1999, to have labor induced. At about 11:30 in the morning, I told my then-husband, "You just watch. This baby will be born by midnight."

Sean Patrick made his bawling entrance into this world at two minutes after ( Read more... )

We found a kitty for Younger Son. One of our patients at the clinic (who also lives about 2 miles up the road from me), rivals enchanted_jae for the number of cats roaming the place. (LOL He's also got a cat house!) When he was at the clinic on Friday he told me to bring Younger Son by because he had some kitties that were ready for a new home. We went to take ( Read more... )

So last Sunday night the phone conversation when somewhat like this:

Man (In a very heavy Indian accent)Thank you for calling HughesNet technical support. My name is Bob. How may I help you today?

Bob? Are you kidding me? BOB?? Do you really think giving yourself some overly-common non-Indian name is going to trick me into believing the call ( Read more... )

I had yesterday off from work, but had to go in anyway to get some paperwork and filing done. I decided to take the boys with me and let them do the filing. I mean, really, if they can't put things in alphabetical order by their age, it's high time they learned. Lucky for them that they're already old hands at alphabetizing as I insist that our ( Read more... )

To My Darling Younger Son,

Yes, love, I know there was a red wasp in my bedroom yesterday. Yes, I know it was buzzing the mini-blinds. I also know that a red wasp sting hurts like blazes. However, attempting to kill it with a photo album was not your most brilliant idea to date. Reasons for this opinion follow ( Read more... )

First: My garden has gone to hell in a handbasket. Weeds!!! They're everywhere. I think the mulch had seeds in it because I did not have this many weeds last year. Must go out shortly and see if I can't make some progress on that front ( Read more... )

When Older Son was just a wee little sprout, I bought him a toy box (similar to this), because...well...kid-toys-toy box. Sorta makes sense, right ( Read more... )