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25 Apr I scream, you scream, we all scream because life is ridiculous

Posted at 02:25h in Family, Family Time, Feelings, Love, milestones, Parenting, Three kids 0 Comments

It all started when Danny stepped in poop. "I told him to do it," said Henry. "I said, go ahead, get in trouble." I was trying to clear the table after dinner and put food away and do dishes and make lunches, all while holding baby Ellie...

06 Sep Worst mom in the world. Happy first day of school!

Posted at 01:25h in Bad stuff, Family, Feelings, Glens Falls, milestones, Parenting, Uncategorized, Working Mom 0 Comments

I had the best laid plans. I bought Henry a new lunch box. Well, new to us; a used Planetbox with custom magnets with all his favorite things; tornadoes, a fire alarm, our Chrysler Town & Country and a family portrait. Unknowingly, Cory's parents also bought...

28 May T-Ball, Yelling All Day, and Nostalgia

Posted at 14:06h in Discipline, Family Time, Glens Falls, Love, Parenting, Time 0 Comments

Henry's in T-ball and we are experiencing Glens Falls Little League for the first time ever. I've lived in this city for something like ten years now and I had no idea that this big underground party was going on without us. Did you know that all...

27 Dec New Year’s Resolutions & Year-End Recap

Posted at 02:40h in Family Time, Feelings, Love, Parenting, Socially responsible, Time, Vegan, Working Mom 0 Comments

I've been doing a year-end recap every year since 2005 in this exact format on ye olde LiveJournal. Here's a slightly edited-for-the-public version of this year's. First, the annual memes: Year in meme: 2016 The method: Copy and paste the first sentence of the first entry of every month this year...

03 Dec The story of our genderbending Elf on the Shelf

Posted at 03:24h in Family Time, Fashion, Feelings, Parenting, Socially responsible, Uncategorized 0 Comments

Our Elf was given to us. It wasn't a trend I was interested in. It's work. But my mom gave it to Henry and we couldn't back out after that. Inevitably, every night we are in bed and then remember the Elf on the Shelf...

30 Nov Little hands

Posted at 03:17h in Art, Family Time, Glens Falls, milestones, Parenting 0 Comments

Today, as has been my tradition for the entirety of Henry's life, I made handprint ornaments with Dolores Thomson of Clay Concepts. We give them to the aunts, uncles, grandparents and great-grandparents every year for Christmas. Danny hands now, too. At this point, they get the gift...

24 Nov Hamburgers

Posted at 03:41h in Art, Family Time, Parenting, Uncategorized 0 Comments

Henry drew a circle, and another circle. That reminded him of a hamburger. So then he drew another hamburger. This one had lettuce sticking out. And then it needed a face and legs. This is my favorite drawing Ever. And did I mention that this was all on...