Kyle wanted to make his own Valentine cards for his classmates. At first he told me I would be making them, but I corrected him. This is his party, man, and I'm not doing the work that I know he can do. Just look at that handwriting! I did get hoodwinked into drawing the … [Read more...]
Listen To My Face
Last night Brady sat on my lap here at my desk, watching Kyle play a game on ABCMouse.com. They were taking turns, and Brady, who usually has a hard time doing that, was behaving very well. Then he put his fingers over the keyboard and pantomimed typing, making a "ticka ticka … [Read more...]
Red Card
We've always known Kyle was smart. Real smart. Not in the way all parents think their kids are special, but in a "my child is 18 months old and knows all the planets by sight" smart. He could draw, count, identify letters and their sounds, and tell you which planets are rocky … [Read more...]
I Had To Give My Dog Away
This was an original post for LA Moms Blog on November 28, 2008. SV Moms Group was acquired by Technorati so I post my archives here on Fridays. This post was titled "A Year Without a Dog." March, 2003. Three weeks after my new husband and I adopted a puppy, … [Read more...]
HOP Book Review of Project: Happily Ever After
Note: Instead of just saying "This is book is SO GOOD you guys!" which is how I really feel about it, I finally went ahead and wrote a proper review. Alisa Bowman has a marriage that is similar to mine. Her husband is not super touchy-feely, not a man of many words, and … [Read more...]