...If I Were the Momby Cate (age 7)If I were the mom I would let my children slip and slide when the bathtub drained. I would let them play outside as long as they wanted (but not when it got darck.) I would let them make snak’s when they wanted it. I would let them help make supper. Do you think I would be a good mom?(And I would let them have 4 … [Read more...]
Now You Know
Dual Portrait of Momby Jem (Age 8)Humbly, … [Read more...]
Ridiculous
All children, it seems, are fond of teasing, and 10-year-old Joe (who should know better) is no exception. He decided that the humorous potential of shutting 3-year-old Angela in her room would be worth facing the wrath of both Angela and her mother.Mom was downstairs and would be none the wiser anyway.Or so he thought.Angela, who was playing … [Read more...]
The Great American Blue and Gold
...was indeed where we were this afternoon.Thank you, everyone, for playing! (Please pick up a door prize on your way out.)The Blue and Gold Banquet is the culmination of a year’s worth of hard work on the part of our Cub Scouts. Both of our boys advanced to the next level of Scouting, which means that Joe is now a Boy Scout (sigh) and Jem, who … [Read more...]
Can You Guess
…where we’re headed this afternoon? … [Read more...]
Reason No. 1001
...for investing in a puppy.Subtitled: One picture is worth a thousand reasons. … [Read more...]
Brother, can you lend a hand?
Subtitled: And then there were none. Here is what we homeschoolers do in Minnesota when the days are short, the weather’s cold and the rigors of math are not quite cutting it. We turn our attention to a little engineering!Inspired by a visit from their former (but still just as pretty) babysitters who were home on college break, my sons thought … [Read more...]
Mom? Will you look at me?
My son stepped on a pen the other day and the tip punctured his heel. Don’t ask me how he did this; the kid’s got talent.As with most minor injuries that occur within a large family, we slapped a band-aid on it and called it good. Unfortunately his courage alone was not enough to fight the infection. Within a day and a half the itty-bitty poke mark … [Read more...]
Minnesota Ice
For those moments when this is just too wimpy. … [Read more...]
Bonding with Boys
My boys are far less about talk then they are action.While my three little girls can—and will—fill any given moment with more conversation than a coffee house, my slightly older boys prefer the silence of the sports page and the quiet intrigue of a game of Risk.When my girls go missing, I need only follow the sound of their voices and I will find … [Read more...]
