Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
I watched a couple of my friend’s children this afternoon while she took all of the older kids to Feed My Starving Children.Her two-year-old little man was most upset when his momma left him, and so I asked if he would like to watch Curious George while I fixed lunch.Indeed he would. Not only that, but he was quickly joined by his older brother and … [Read more...]
Ever one to speak in metaphors, especially when I’m cranky, I told my husband last night that I feel like I’m helplessly trapped inside a snowball and am rolling down the hill at lightening speed.You know the image—arms & legs a’ flailing as the snowball picks up size and acceleration—until, eventually, you crash.Ouch.It doesn’t help that I … [Read more...]
Yesterday the pediatrician commented on how “smart” 3-year-old Angela is for knowing all her colors.I flushed warm with pride—forgetting momentarily, of course, that Angela’s “smarts” in the color wheel department are more a product of the time she spends playing with her older sisters than any real effort on Mom’s part—and then moved on……to … [Read more...]
Danielle’s post “Being open to life. Again.” has struck a chord with many women. Again.I am chiming in with my two cents and 5 kids’ worth of wisdom, because I definitely have opinions on this subject. I believe that being open to life means so much more than having as many babies as God sends. In my case, it also means being ready to accept God’s … [Read more...]
Or at the very least, a very bad cake decorator.My oldest daughter wanted me to make a cake like this for our 3-year-old’s recent birthday:Instead, they all got this:I call it my “Turrets in a Cloud” cake. Impressive, isn’t it?There was a time when I would stay up until 3:00 a.m. putting the finishing touches on an elaborately frosted, … [Read more...]
And this is how I know: I slept in until 7:00 a.m. this morning!Should I call the doctor?Then—to my further embarrassment and shame—when I got to the coffee pot (which is always my first stop of the day) there was a note (which is always where my husband leaves them, because he knows that they’ll be SEEN) that read:Wake husband PLEASE.Which I would … [Read more...]
6-year-old Cate likes to push Momma’s buttons by pulling the puffy, elastic sleeves of her dress down around her shoulders, like a showgirl. She knows better, but she also knows she’ll get a strong reaction from her mother,every time.“Now would Mary dress like this?” I asked her, taking the bait.“No,” came the rejoinder. “Mary was a little Jewish … [Read more...]
I had to interrupt my daughters’ game at lunchtime: “Girls,” I said, poking my head out the front door, “It’s time to come in for lunch.”“Mommy!” Felicity looked up from her “house” excitedly. “We’re making soup, too!”She paused briefly to sprinkle a few more petals into the “pot”.“This is ooah ooah,” she said, “this pink stuff is, and it’s … [Read more...]
If this mom in Minnesota were to jump off a philosophical cliff, would you follow?Because I feel as if that’s where I’m going, first with that last post and now with this one.Hopefully this post will make more sense. I don’t think that Part I was as…cogent as I would have liked.Big sheepish grin. Let me explain.When I think of discipline, I think … [Read more...]
Part IThank you for all the feedback in my Puppies by Paula post. Wow. I wish I could say that it’s helped me to reach a decision, (my husband’s been in favor of getting a dog all along), but it hasn’t.This is a big decision—a huge decision—and it is up to me to make it.No pressure there or anything.Getting a dog is not like, say, getting a board … [Read more...]
