-
Secrets
-
Garage Sitting
Ever since we acquired this second little-person lawn chair, these two goofballs have taken to sitting in front of the garage and watching the neighbors across the street with great intent. The neighbors across the street have three boys who are always up to something with rollerblades, skateboards and basketballs;…
-
My Limit: Six Toddlers
Some time ago, I came to the realization that the ration of six preschoolers or six toddlers to one teacher worked for me, and ever since, I have stived to maintain that quota system while I teach preschool music class. It’s worked out very nicely for me. Yesterday I was…
-
Evening Haircut
Probably Dr. Pediatrician will be upset. This evening while Mr. Cuddles was dining on a bowl of canned peaches I snipped just a little of his hair off right above the ears and in the very back. I think it looks cute, and it is still curly . . .…
-
Driving the ’87 Taurus
Oh the joy of long-awaited access to the front seat.
-
New Breakfast Recipe
For some reason over the past few weeks I have been motivated to try out some new recipes. They all seem to be recipes for breakfast foods, particularly different kinds of waffles and pancakes (and they all seem to include buttermilk). This morning I made “overnight raisin oatmeal pancakes.” They…
-
Slough in a Box
Normally our mail does not arrive until 4:00 p.m. but our mailman this morning noticed that we had an unusually large number of packages, and probably didn’t want to drive around with them bouncing in his truck all day, so he made a special morning delivery about 10:00 a.m. The…
-
First Ice Cream Cone
I’ve shared my ice cream with Mr. Cuddles before, but this afternoon Dr. Pediatrician gave him half of his cone to hold by himself. Pure Delight. He ran around with a dripping ice cream cone for at least fifteen minutes, and when we finally decided he he was done, he’d…
-
Lessons from a Fashion Shoe
Ms. Crazy Preschooler and Dr. Pediatrician attended the Relay for Life last night. Ms. CP was so excited because she won an entire set of princess costume jewelry complete with dress up shoes, she made a new friend, Olympia, who she ran around in the grass with all night, and…
-
More Kisses for the Sis