Thanks to “Drug Awareness Week” at our school, we’ve had ALL kinds of conversations with our elementary aged kids over the past 7 days driving me to re-evaluate my stance on the age at which…
5 minutes. 3 kids. Infinite question possibilities. Take for example the following questions, asked by the redhead. The format was: 1.) Ask question. 2.) Pause ever so briefly for the answer. When the answer is…
“Dad, do you know what I want to be when I grow up?” the red-headed girl asked me during the pool-side chat. “What’s that dear?” “A vulcanologist!” she replied. “You want to study volcanoes?” I…
“That’s right buddy, the pilgrims learned to grow corn from the Indians.” “They did!?! What else did they grow?” “All sorts of things! They grew corn, wheat, beans and tabasco.” “They did!?! Wow!” “Yeah, except…
This summer has been incredible. I really don’t know how else to describe it yet. It was a good summer, but it was not without its difficulties. One might say that often times in life…
“How was your first day at soccer practice?” Mom asked. “Great. We jiggled through the noses.” the boy replied. “I think he means he dribbled through the cones” I clarified as the boy ran down…
Today our budding 4th grader returned home from what according to all accounts was a banner start to the year. (Naturally the bar is set high considering that on her first day of 2nd grade…
Wow… it’s been a while. Latest update: The boy, singing: “Do you know the muffin man? The muffin man, the muffin man. Do you know the muffin man? He lives on Drury Land.” Emma: “It’s…
It never ceases to amaze me how the sequence of events that lead up to the blog fodder are actually potential blog fodder as well. Distraught at the notion that his sisters received snail mail…
So the oldest just turned 9 and thinks she turned 16. While waiting for dinner, all three were discussing how soon they would be teenagers. Already not a good sign. . . So in a…