Category Archives: children
19 Years Ago. And Counting.
19 years ago today a mother-to-be was anxious and nervous and functioning on about 2 hours sleep. 19 years ago today they stopped for dinner at Applebee’s because they didn’t care where they ate and they weren’t really hungry. They … Continue reading
Filed under Adoption, children, Motherhood
The Best Age To Explain The Birds And The Bees? It Doesn’t Matter.
(The following post was inspired by one of my favorite bloggers, Christine at Naptime Writing. Read on to make yourself feel better about any successes or failures you may have with “the sex talk.”) My mother was a nurse. And she … Continue reading
Filed under All In A Day's Work, children, Hey! That Reminds Me!
If Only We Could Wrap Their Hearts In Bubble Wrap
We attempt to protect our children from the weather, illness, accidents and the boogie man. Most of the time we are successful. Sometimes, we are not. There is one thing that proves to be a fruitless fight. Meanness. “Mommy? I … Continue reading
Filed under All In A Day's Work, children, parenting
Stupid Things People Say To Families Formed Through International Adoption #38
We were in the grocery store. My daughter was a toddler. A elderly woman approached us. “Is your husband Chinese?” “No,” I said. “Then you adopted her?” “Yes,” I smiled. “Ewww. I could never do that.” I hugged my daughter … Continue reading
Tires and Guns and Mom’s Epic Fail. Or Was It?
A car sped past us and ran the light turning yellow to red. My eight-year-old, in all of his wisdom says, “I know how to stop him, Dad. You take a gun and you shoot and you blow out his … Continue reading
Happy Leap Day, Fellow Leapers! And A Special Shout Out To My Little Guy. Happy 2nd Birthday, Sweetie!
“In 45 minutes, he’s going to be a Leap Day baby!” I smiled at my mid-wife and said, “Yeah. That would be so co………..ARRRRRRRR!” I was trying to say “That would be so cool!” but I had another contraction instead. … Continue reading
Thank You, Mom. For Saving My Life. Again.
The first time, we were hiking. On a trail we know and love but hasn’t been properly maintained. We won’t be hiking it again until the boys are older, due to the dangers that lurk, but we didn’t know this … Continue reading
Filed under All In A Day's Work, children, Growing Up, Lessons Learned
The Case Of The Errant Shoe Via Kid Logic
“#2 son! Why is your shoe here on the floor?” “Because I was spying on you.” “But why is one shoe on the floor and not with your other shoe in the shoe basket?” Exasperated sigh. “Because I was SPYING … Continue reading
Elf On The Shelf, Or Lamp Shade, Or Wherever Else You Put Your Stupid Elf
(This post is inspired by a post found on People I Want To Punch In The Throat. And while the title of the blog suggests violence that I don’t condone, the writing there is clever and funny. I have only … Continue reading
Dodging The Bullet On Family Picture Day
We took our family pictures recently. The more kids you have, the more schedules you have to coordinate around, the tougher it is. And this year we dodged a major bullet. Exactly 2 hours after the photo shoot, my youngest … Continue reading
Filed under children, family, Hey! That Reminds Me!
