Here we are, another Friday drive into Evanston. N and E are big fans of Chuck Norris jokes, so it’s funny to listen to them try to one-up each other in the backseat.
Portrait of Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris IS the Higgs Boson
October 21, 2011 at 11:12 am (Cub Scouts, E, Education, Family, Jeff, N, Parenting)
Tags: Chuck Norris, Close Calls, E Tycoon, Higgs Boson, Mother of the Year, Physics, Ukelele
My Future Daughter-in-Law Might Be A Cheeseburger
October 18, 2011 at 10:09 pm (E, Family, Following Bliss, N)
Tags: Baker's Square, Chicken, Costumes, Ghandi, Halloween, Halloween City, PostaDay2011, Science
After sleeping through the opera and later missing MRU as well, the boys and I decided to salvage the day by getting Halloween costumes figured out. I wish I could be one of those moms that whips something together and the kids look cute/clever/scary/funny/etc.
More Like Bologna
They’d just look and feel sad if I did though, so off to Halloween City we went to shop the spoon-fed, previously imagined, mass produced, cute/clever/scary/funny/etc. polyester looks.
First we needed sustenance. We wound up at Baker’s Square so E could stalk spend some quality time with his girlfriend, Barbie.
“See You Sunday, Unless We Get Attacked By Bears!!”
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 »
I Will Never Learn
October 13, 2011 at 11:11 pm (Blather, Cub Scouts, E, Education, Field Trips, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, N, Parenting)
Tags: ADHD, Bear Grylls, Halloween, Man vs. Wild, PostaDay2011, Shakespeare
No joke, I don’t even know what to say about today.
E started in about the Halloween decorations before I was even out of bed. I told him I needed to wake up first and clear out the cobwebs. Before I was even to the bottom step downstairs he was already asking “Are you awake yet?”
I had to explain that I wanted to get the house cleaned first, then we could continue decorating. Then he was all about cleaning. It was enjoyable to finally be on the same team with this kid. Too bad it only lasted 8 seconds, kind of like a bull ride. Read the rest of this entry »
We Rocked That Chicken and Made It Cry For Mercy
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 »
Stop Busting My Chops, Kid!
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 »
There’s A Reason Hamster Moms Eat Their Young
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 »
Monday Morning Quarterbacking
October 3, 2011 at 1:31 pm (Art, Blogging about Blogging, Cub Scouts, E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, Literature, Math, Monday Re-cap, N, Personal Injury, Poetry, Science)
Tags: PostaDay2011
I was planning to do a weekly wrap-up of our previous week, but I can’t remember most of the details of what we did. Read the rest of this entry »
Delicious Minutiae 