No, it is not a good idea to pull a kitchen chair over to the counter. Yeah, and when you are over there please do not grab the “hidden” cannister of silly string. Right ok, you are going to do this anyway. When you grab the silly string DO NOT SPRAY IT ALL OVER YOUR [...]
Here is how I know your etiquette training was successful. As I was getting sick this morning I had the following conversation with Aiden.
Aiden: Mommy are you puking?
Me: Aiden, we don’t use that word. We say throwing up or say getting sick. (I calmly explain this in the middle of getting sick)
I need to lose weight. I promise I will. But the straw that has broken the camel’s back is my conversation with my dad this morning. I simply called to ask a teaching question I had for my mom. Instead I spoke with my sister and then she passed the phone to my dad.
Jan: [...]
Here is an honest conversation between Keith and the kids about flying.
Aiden: “Daddy will we have snacks on your plane”?
Keith: “If you bring them”.
Aiden: “What about a drink”?
Keith:”If you bring that too”.
Aiden: “What if I have to pee”?
Keith: “You might want to bring a cup”. (At this Madeleine looks extremely horrified and yet thougthful…)
Madeleine: “What [...]
Pajama day for Aiden at school. Which is exciting for Aiden but not for me. Usually most days are like that for me, and this realization has given me the ass kicking that I need to figure out some goals for the year. I would use the term resolutions but I do not like [...]
I have made a valiant effort today to get rid of Christmas. The kids and I (sans Charlotte) worked incredibly hard to take down the ornaments. I would love to say Keith helped us but he was in the middle of dying after he caught the stomach bug Madeleine gave to him. The night before [...]
Madeleine has gymnastics every Tuesday. Which makes her happy because she loves her gymnastics class. Want to know what else makes her happy? Hiding a key to her jewelry box in her underwear. Now it is odd that she would hide a key there but it really makes me wonder what she has hidden in [...]