the leader of Germaine's girls club is into theater. she majored in it in college then got married and became a Catholic homeschool mom so she used the club as an outlet. last year (Germaine's first year in the club) they did a play, feature length, hired in men to play the men (dads of girls club girls) etc to make it a high quality performance ( Read more... )

Ingrid shouts this all the time, but usually doesn't follow it up with anything. I, however, am going to ( Read more... )

crappy parenting as an excuse to sue. mom sues mcdonalds to remove toys from happy meals because her kids whine at her that they want them.

we're reading "the hobbit" to the kids. we started some time ago in a copy we had at home, but then took it out of the library because they had an awesome illustrated copy. intended to renew it but since they ^*(&^&%^$$ don't stamp the due date in them anymore, ended up 2 days overdue. so we took it back and figured we'd re-take it out again when ( Read more... )

...for closing down your babysitting room. it's awesome that I now have no choice but to cancel my membership on the grounds that I shall now never have an occasion to go. also, thank you for the 4-day notice! it's nice to know that, thanks to your 30-day membership cancellation notice requirement, I will get to pay for the month of september ( Read more... )

...because while Germaine was trying to say her bedtime prayers, Dietrich kept yelling BUTT practically at the top of his lungs ( Read more... )

I will be 30 in 365 days. it feels like it should be today. I doubt it'll phase me by next year.

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in unrelated news, there is a 10-year-old girl with a crush on my 3-year-old son. it's weird.

my little brother, who was homeschooled his entire life (and therefore used to doing everything himself), is finishing up his first semester of college. he had this group assignment for a psychology class, a presentation of some sort, and there were 5 kids in the group. it was due today and he was the only one of the 5 to show up. which apparently ( Read more... )

so, um, some time ago in naturalbirth someone asks us a bunch of questions about birth. she says she's writing a story and wants the labor to be realistic, but she's never had a baby, so ( Read more... )

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