Category: parenting sure is fun

The Queen’s Jubilee, Right in My Front Yard

I woke up super early this morning. It’s 0600. What’s the O stand for? “Oh my God, it’s early!” It was an effort to get some really good work in before I had to wake my kids to get ready for camp, because one they are up and we start the…

Freak Flags Are The Best Kind Of Flags

This morning I walked three kids through the doors of the neighborhood community center. Emily was all sleepy-eyed, asking questions about LOST. “So, the black smoke came to be because the dude got pushed into the golden cave, right?” Josh was all wide-eyed, showing me pictures from the issue of…

Life Was Just Different Back Then, You Guys

Because we have these new summer rules at our house, movie night has taken on extra-special meaning. Instead of one watching LOST on the tv in our bedroom, one watching a superhero movie on the tv in our family room and one watching something animated on the tv in the basement,…