October 14, 2011 at 11:15 pm (Cub Scouts, E, Education, Family, Friday Apology, Homeschooling, Jeff, N, Parenting, Pictures)
Tags: Art, Bears, Betting, Bob Dylan, Camping, Camporall, Coal Mining, John Prine, Man vs. Wild, Paradise, PostaDay2011, Probability, Strip Mining
Here it is, Friday again… I can’t decide if I’m giving or accepting apologies today.
I’ll start with giving an apology to my dear children for stealing another slice of their childlike innocence away from them.
It’s their own fault, though, for having questions. Read the rest of this entry »
October 11, 2011 at 10:31 pm (Aspergers, E, Education, Family, Field Trips, Homeschooling, Jeff, N, Parenting)
Tags: Babies, Halloween, Memories, Minecraft, MRU, Music, PostaDay2011, Sensory, Tolerance, Video Games
We ventured into the land of Billy Graham today and kicked off our day with a free symphonic band concert at Wheaton College. We go to this children’s concert every year and always enjoy it. We even snuck into the second showing the year they had the planetary theme, though we weren’t exactly going rogue–they just had a lot of no shows and the enthusiastic usher enthusiastically ushered us to some excellent seats.
Anyway, some of this year’s highlights: swastikas, guns and shooting people, punching, explosions, music and scenes from the video game Halo, pots, pans, kitchen blender, garbage can lids, and also… The Chicken Dance!
Heck yes, I said Chicken Dance, and it was awesome. During the audience participation portion N, E and I rocked that chicken and made it cry for mercy. Scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark provided some of that other heartwarming visual candy. Read the rest of this entry »
October 8, 2011 at 3:58 pm (2S2L, Chickens, Cub Scouts, E, Hindering Bliss, Jeff, Time)
Tags: PostaDay2011
Most of the time I think *other* people are too stupid to live (2S2L)…and then the chickens come home to roost. Read the rest of this entry »
October 7, 2011 at 12:57 pm (Blather, Bossy, E, Friday Apology, Jeff, N, Parenting, Sensory)
Tags: PostaDay2011
E is such a love. He’s snips and snails and puppy dog tails. He’s a little boy and that’s what he’s made of. He’s also opinionated and bossy and full of the saucy. He gives me a hard time and makes me crazy.
That’s what moms are made of. Crazy. I am supermom.
Today he piped up from the backseat, almost an hour into our drive, “You’re ruining some of my favorite songs, mom. Please stop now.” Read the rest of this entry »
October 5, 2011 at 10:46 am (Attitude, Close Call, Crazies, Hindering Bliss, Homeschooling, Jeff, Logic, N, Parenting, Personal Injury)
Tags: PostaDay2011
Yesterday we had a fabulous day at MRU. The weather was superb, the friends were plentiful and entertaining, the kids seemed to really enjoy each other…
Then there was N. My sweet, adorable, lovable N. Quirky, argumentative, baffling N. Sometimes I wonder: If I was a hamster, would I have eaten him as a baby? Read the rest of this entry »
September 30, 2011 at 2:22 pm (Blather, Blogging about Blogging, Crazies, E, Homeschooling, Jeff, Mornings, N, Not very interesting)
Tags: PostaDay2011
I’ve been away for awhile. Not in jail or the looney bin or anything, but things got busy and all of a sudden more than a year went by. I fully intended to resurrect the blog on the one year anniversary of the last post, but I think we can all deal with that particular deadline coming and going. If you can’t hang with my tardiness, we probably shouldn’t be pretend online friends anymore. Just saying. Read the rest of this entry »
May 22, 2010 at 6:21 pm (Blogging Challenge, Craftiness, E, Jeff, Little League, N)
Tags: Blogging Challenge, Craftiness, E, Jeff, Little League, N
I think I pretty much left my “four times a week” blog posting goal in its death throes several weeks ago. When I checked in today I noticed a little bit of life around its blue tinged blog lips, so I will march on and hope for better consistency in the future. Read the rest of this entry »
April 23, 2010 at 12:00 pm (Attitude, E, Following Bliss, Jeff, Little League, N, Pictures, Sports)
Tags: Attitude, E, Following Bliss, Jeff, Little League, N, Pictures, Sports
Day Two of the Little League experience! Tomorrow is the first game and these boys are looking great! E is enjoying the extra playground time, though today it wasn’t mobbed with kids like yesterday… We ended the day with Colonial and sundaes. Pictures follow… Read the rest of this entry »
April 22, 2010 at 12:00 pm (E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, Jeff, Little League, N, Pictures)
Tags: E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, Jeff, Little League, N, Pictures
Jeff’s company put together a cool program for “Take Your Child to Work Day” and not a single explosion or workplace fatality resulted while N was on the premises! Yeah! E and I played on a lot of playgrounds and enjoyed our Earth Day together… Pictures and video follow! Read the rest of this entry »
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