Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time

From ARGTalk, Dave Szulborski’s Fairy Tale Trail which served as the game finale and starred yours truly as a screaming meemie. At the time, my children thought that Mama screaming in the basement was the height of humor, and they spent that whole evening imitating my poor cries of distress. P.S. If you wanna cheat, [...]

Sister-love-letters Originally uploaded by addlepated An artifact found downstairs; the front and back of a crumpled letter that my daughters wrote each other. Ah, sisterly love.

Older daughter: “At camp today some guy sang Native American songs. But he wasn’t really an Indian, he was from America.”

Sort of reminds me of our trip to Florida last summer. Ever been in the car with a child who’s having a screaming fit? Apparently they’re contagious.

I went to go read to Caroline’s class today, which is always fun. The kids are so enthusiastic about stories. And they all listen in their own little ways. One girl likes to play with my toes as I read. Other kids just have the permanent wiggles. Other kids just do their own thing, which [...]

My youngest child is in tears because she doesn’t want to take swimming lessons. It’s not so much the lessons that bother her (or her sister); they don’t like people telling them what to do. They want me to take them to the pool and teach them how to swim. Like I’m qualified. I told [...]

My daughter woke up crying this morning from a bad dream about me. She wouldn’t tell me what it was until this evening. She said that Daddy wasn’t home, and her sister was in the house, but I was sitting in a red truck in the driveway. She kept coming out to try to get [...]

The best part about working in the garden with the kids is that you can squirt them with the hose when you’re done. But then, with pre-meditated coldness, they insist on giving Mommy a big hug afterwards. The chumps. Finally got the radishes, carrots, peas, and onions all set. Need to see if we can [...]