Archive for the 'Family Life' Category

Mar

21

I hope you dance …

March 21, 2013 | 3 Comments

Today I danced with my daughter. She spun, and I twirled. We giggled and smiled, And I pampered her face with tender mom touches Something I haven’t done in a while. Today I danced with my husband, As he spoke like a French monsieur. My youngest joined in with an accent all his own, We [...]

Feb

28

What is happening to Thing 3?

February 28, 2013 | 3 Comments

  The dreaded sport that is probably responsible for sidelining two of our children physically and academically. In November I wrote the post “Dropping the Ball on Thing 3 (not to be confused with dropping the hammer).” At the time, I thought this struggling fifth-grader who had previously been a straight A student, was slipping [...]

Feb

22

Retro 80s?

February 22, 2013 | 3 Comments

Last night Thing 3 and I had a couple of hours to kill after his “Line Thru Rehearsal” (basically a chance for actors to get together again after not performing for three days to see if they remember their lines) and his call time. “Hey mom can we go to *insert name here*?” he asked. [...]

Feb

4

Time to regroup

February 4, 2013 | 2 Comments

Organization is not my forte, and it is not for any of those in my immediate family. Well, maybe my 13-year-old daughter if you don’t count her room, but my husband, two sons and I were obviously born without that gene in our DNA. Sure, I can GET organized. I can clean up my computer [...]

Nov

30

Dropping the ball on Thing 3 (not to be confused with dropping the hammer)

November 30, 2012 | 2 Comments

Part of being a mom bloggers is knowing that the actual “mom” part of that equation gets in the way of your blogging. There are also times that blogging gets in the way of mothering, and since I am now running two sites, unfortunately that sometimes happens more than I would like. But recently I [...]

Nov

28

Pondering the holidays

November 28, 2012 | 4 Comments

While scrambling to catch up from a holiday that filled the house with giggling cousins, loquacious family members and friends, and eight rambunctious dogs (yes, I said EIGHT), I was left a little drained and frazzled. For those who are new to this blog, chaos and clutter does not suit me well, and I struggled [...]

Jul

20

And Then There Were Four

July 20, 2012 | 7 Comments

Giant blue eyes blinked at me through thick lashes. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I looked at my pint-sized sleepover mate in the bed next to me and smiled. It was returned with an ear-to-ear grin and eyes full of excitement as if the two-year-old beside me hadn’t just spent last night hanging out [...]

Jul

6

Technology Invades the Seusses

July 6, 2012 | 2 Comments

I’d like to share a little of last night’s happenings at the Seuss residence. 6:56 Incoming call from the Grinch (who is out of town) on my cell phone. ME: (Without putting the phone to my ear but answering and hitting the speaker button) Can you hold on a minute? (turning back to the house [...]

Jun

18

The Great Father’s Day Debacle of 2012 (not to be confused with the one from 2011)

June 18, 2012 | 10 Comments

Yesterday was Father’s Day, and after a minor fiasco last year (I made my husband spend the day cleaning out his garage with me because it was absolutely disgusting, and then he wouldn’t talk to me for the rest of the day including when I took him on a date to a the musical “Guys [...]

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