As usual, instead of sleeping in the car, my boys decided to have a yelling contest. Tyler would say “red” and Morgan would reply “yellow” — Tyler would say “blue” and Morgan replied “yellow” — they got a real kick out of it.So, being the genius mother I am, I decide to distract them by… Continue reading

a) For those with no children – this is totally hysterical! b) For those who already have children past this age, this is hilarious.c) For those who have children this age, this is not funny. d) For those who have children nearing this age, this is a warning. e) For those who have not yet… Continue reading

OK — Matt and I are having a debate — does the Easter Bunny hide the eggs you colored or bring different eggs? And if he brings different eggs — what happens to the ones you colored? Continue reading

Matt likes to sleep close to me. So close that I start to feel like I’m being overtaken by kudzu vine. His retort, “well that makes you an old decaying pine tree.” kudzu n : fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long many-seed hairy pods… Continue reading

With April comes Morgan’s second birthday and I can’t believe it’s taken so long to get here. He’s been in the terrible twos since he learned to walk as far as I’m concerned.He’s talking up a storm and is starting to assert his independence more — especially where clothes are concerned. I think we must… Continue reading

It’s all about “yeah-yoo” (yellow) in our house — everything is “yeah-yoo” as far as Morgan is concerned — bananas — the sun — the carpet — the cat — blueberries. And we can’t get enough yellow it seems. Now he’s gotten to the point where he only wants to wear yellow clothes, or clothes… Continue reading

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Not sure we have an Olympian on our hands here.Tyler’s in this third skating lesson and while the other kids march around the beanie babies, Tyler pushes the whole line away with his support bucket (yes, a 5-gallon bucket turned upside-down).Of the 30ish kids on the ice for lesions, mine is the one with the… Continue reading

Dinner at our house is always and event. An event where we prod children to eat, not to throw food on the floor, to chew with the mouth closed. So, should I have been at all surprised when Morgan took his meatball half and started to push it around the table and tell me it’s… Continue reading

Seems I’m not following (as usual).Last night we had Popsicles for snack. Tyler pitched a fit and wouldn’t eat his. Instead he broke it. I in turn took it away and sent him to his room to chill out.When I went up later and explained why he can’t lose his temper about what snack he… Continue reading