My son's wee little kitten is six months old this month!!  Holy cow, but time flies.    She has grown from a wee little kitten into a wee little cat.  My hubby affectionately calls her Squeaky because her meow is this timid little baby sound.  Her true name is Fluffy.  We tried and tried to coax our boy into something a little more original, or ( Read more... )

My seven and a half year old son lost his first tooth today.  It's hard having it happen at such a late age because of that whole akward state of wanting to believe and sort of being grounded in reality.  In the hour or two between the big event and bedtime there were lots of interesting little conversations along the lines of "I know the tooth ( Read more... )

So, do you know the diference between cats and frogs?

Cat's have nine lives and frogs croak every night!

Bad jokes have become a sort of stock in trade around our house this summer.  Popsicle brand popsicles have jokes on the sticks.  Much to my surprise these silly jokes have become the single most influential thing in encouraging my son to ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, when I was in first grade something wonderful happened: my parents were impulsive.

This week my husband and I have goggled in amazement at ourselves, and perhaps our love for our child, in becoming a little impulsive ourselves...

My grumpy, old orange cat who lives in the garage is really showing her age.  She's lost a LOT of weight ( Read more... )

I didn't want a Kindle, or a Nook or any kind of e-reader.  The devices seemed overpriced to me, and most books aren't significantly discounted in electronic form and, if I'm completely honest I like physical books.  I adore the smell of a new book, the feel of it my hands.  I like how that paper sounds and how memories are made of certain pages.  ( Read more... )

Happy Belated New Year.  I still mean to do my annual book review/flashback sort of thing, but right now I've got other things on my mind.

I like to play games.  I grew up playing the typical board games with my family; Monopoly, Life, Scrabble, checkers, chess, backagammon.  I had kid games that I played with my friends and cousins, too.  Things ( Read more... )

I lost track of how many boxes of powdered sugar I used last week.  Or bags of chocolate chips, or eggs, or butter. I do  know there were  about 10 Ghiradelli 4 oz bittersweet chocolate bars put into play, and I'm thankful they were buy one, get one at my grocery!  Three large containers of heavy cream were demolished, and at least one giant tub of ( Read more... )

School ends today, and although our Advent Calender says differently I feel like Christmas is starting TODAY.  If I feel that way, I bet my kids are going to spend the next week completely wired...

Santa brought a prestn
just for kitty on his sleigh
brightly colored balls of yarn -
she can't wait to play

Mischievous Kittens 201 Hallmark Keepsake ornament, 12 in Series
Nina Aube, artist

I made a tactical error this week.  A big one!  I was substituting Thursday when one of the teacher's asked if I'd heard one of the three year old boy's songs.  I hadn't, so they called him over and he sang in the twangiest of country accents "Jingle Bell, shotgun shells, Granny had a gun.  Shot me in my underwear, boy did I run!"  It was a hoot ( Read more... )