“I think I’ve been reading Calvin and Hobbes too much,” Angela announced at breakfast.I hid my smirk behind my coffee mug. For a girl like Angela to be reading Calvin at all…Well, it’s a bit like giving a book on bank robbery to the 6-year-old Jesse James.“Why is that?” I continued to hide my smirk, all innocent query and parental concern.She … [Read more...]
Monday Monday
What I heard: “Mommy, may I have a Fun Dip?”What I said: “No, you may not have a Fun Dip. It’s 8:00 a.m.!”What she actually said: “Mommy, do you hear the thunder?”The day can only get better from here. … [Read more...]
Randomness
What to write, what to write.You know, I find that I have to be really careful, now that I am blogging again, not to try to blog about everything. It’s hard! When it’s one’s own life it just all seems so…interesting.(Yes, I am a great big egocentric thing.)(I’m working on that.)Here, then, are a couple random quotes for your reading “pleasure”. … [Read more...]
Arachni-Bathroom
I have a really bad habit of leaving my mugs and water glasses lying around. See that coffee cup on the classroom shelf? That'd be Maggie's from two days ago. See that glass on top of the dresser? Yep, that one's been there just as long.What's worse, there is usually a half inch or so of liquid still in the cup, which either A. Evaporates away, … [Read more...]
As always, the theme turns back to football.
It’s family fun night and we’re watching a movie, The Secret of Kells.It’s different. I’m not sure what I think of it.Anyway, there is a scene where some Vikings attack the monastery. There are arrows; there is death. “Those guys are mean!” I exclaim. “Why’d we name our football team after them?”To Angela, the answer was obvious.“Because they’re … [Read more...]
The Things They Say
The Liturgical Edition"Finish your breakfast and get dressed!" I told the kids. "We're going to Mass for the feast of St. Blaise." I explained that the priest would give a special blessing today by crossing two candles and holding them up to our throat. Felicity's eyebrows drew together in concern. "Are the candles...lit?" she wondered.While at … [Read more...]
A Revelation
Angela: “At night I’m hyper and in the morning I’m all tired.”She thought about this for a moment.“I’m nocturnal, Momma.”From the Twitter feed … [Read more...]
what she said
Angela.As usual.On considering her mother’s nickname: “Maggie’s a funny name, Mommy. It kind of sounds like maggot.”On getting philosophical about the future: “It’s going to be hard to choose a man to marry, because there’s no one I know and there’s no one I like.”And finally, on demanding entry to her mother’s bedroom and hearing me call out, … [Read more...]
Back-to-Back Birthdays?
Try simultaneous!Hers and hers matching presents: Sewing kits from Hancock Fabrics!I apologize (to no one in particular) for how infrequently I’ve been blogging. Life’s been kinda/sorta crazy-busy—in a good but definite way. Still, I wanted to get this birthday post up—for the girls, for me, for Great Grandma B.Except that Great Grandma B. doesn’t … [Read more...]
Overheard
[as I lurked in the kitchen eating this by the spoonful]Angela: Which is more holier, Thanksgiving or Christmas?Felicity: Christmas, because Christmas is celebrated by Jesus and Thanksgiving is celebrated by pilgrims. Do you know what you’re asking, Angela? You’re asking who is more holier, Jesus or the pilgrims and Indians.Angela: Oh.[thoughtful … [Read more...]
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