Spencer: Mom, I thought it was supposed to rain today. Mom: Well, it said “scattered” thunderstorms so maybe we just didn’t get any. Spencer: What does scattered mean? Mom: It means it rained somewhere else…
Yesterday the kids were apparently acting out some mutated version of what Hanna has been learning about in US History. Working in the kitchen, I tried to listen in but all I could discern was…
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…
Me: Ems, what does this note mean? (show small red-headed girl THIS plea for help) Ems: Well (squirming slightly as if recalling something unpleasant) it was a dream. (More hesitation) They were all being ….
There are definitely days when I wish I saw things more like my 7 year old! I will never see my pumpkin candle-holder quite the same way again thanks to the fact that for over…
“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…
So as many of you know, this summer has brought some interesting health challenges for me. As a result, there were many things I put on the back burner – cleaning my floors regularly was…
“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…