We just had Teacher Appreciation Week at the PCP’s school. The PTA does most of the leg work and coordinates something special each day. Thursday was “supply day” and each class presented their teacher with a basket of supplies and other items from the teacher’s wish list. A sweet mom in the PCP’s class went… Read More
The PCP “performed” in his first school concert since pre-K a couple of weeks back. The entire first grade came together to sing all sorts of songs about recycling. Of all things. It was surprisingly cute and well done, but it wasn’t the scripted parts of the show that had Honey and I snickering. Rather,… Read More
SPOILER ALET: Please tell me I’m not the only one that didn’t know the handsome and enviable Matthew was going to be killed off in the season finale of Downton Abbey?!?! I mean, I really cannot come up with words to express my supreme disappointment. I immediately booted up my computer to find some answers… Read More
… that we are a diaper free household?!?!!? When we jaunted off to Target to replenish the baby’s night time diaper supply, he pitched a royal fit right there in the aisle – professing himself a big boy and dismissing the need for any more diapers. Sooooo… I put the twenty dollar box right back… Read More
I feel like a trip to the doctor with two children is some sort of nefarious parenting test – one where doctors and nurses secretly conspire to see how the unsuspecting and likely harried mom handles her offspring while locked in a germ laden three-by-three cube with nothing but a spinning stool with wheels and… Read More
After much begging and pleading (he gets that from his momma), we let the PCP enroll in an after school activity for first semester. And he picked chess, of all things. I cannot lie and say that I wasn’t quietly thrilled with this scholarly choice. Much to Honey’s horror, I cannot claim to know the… Read More
We wrapped up a long and luxurious (in the pj wearing, game playing, tv watching kinda way) Christmas break this week with “YES!” day. You know… the kind of day where I say “Yes!” to all of their requests. Can we have biscuits and jelly for breakfast? Can we have two oreos EACH for breakfast… Read More