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There they go, just a walking down the street. Singing Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum...

This school year, we had a dilemna.  Are Eric and Greg are old enough to walk home from school alone?  After going back and forth (and back and forth and back and forth), we decided yes.  Since we live...

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Punctua-moticon

Gone are the days of the terms “semi-colon,” “colon,” “left parentheses,” and “right parentheses.” Greg was playing around in Microsoft Word and referred to them as “wink,” “shift eyes,” “shift frown,”...

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Welcome, Day of Sweet Repose

Yes, officially it may be Labor Day.  A day intended to celebrate work and also the symbolic end of summer.  However, for me today is a day to recover from the first week of school, and to mourn the...

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Brother, can you spare a dime? Or quarter?

Me: “So did you and Greg decide to switch chores?” Eric: “No.” Me: “But I’ve seen Greg feeding the pets a lot recently” Eric: “I know.  I give him a quarter to do it.” Me: “But we pay you more than a...

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Tales of a Tattle

Greg: “Eric called me a snitch.” Me (to Greg): “Just tell him that’s not nice.” Me (to Jim): “He is snitching about being called a snitch.  Do you see the irony here??” A minute later… Greg: “Now he...

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Boy Logic

Greg: Mooommm, Eric kicked me in the face!!! Eric: No, I kicked you in the arm!! Greg: Yeah, but that made my hand hit my face. Eric: So….basically you punched yourself! The post Boy Logic appeared...

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A Real Pain in the Coccyx

It isn’t often that a broken bone is funny.  Unless, of course, the bone has a funny name.  And the patient is a 13-year-old boy. Jake literally got knocked on his butt last night during his football...

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In a Minute

“In a minute.”  How many times have I said that to my kids when they ask me to do something with them?  Way too many. Last night, a minute was the difference between a scary situation and a disastrous...

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To Catch A Thief…Again??

Remember the attempted skateboard theft this summer??  If not, you need to read “To Catch a Thief” here before you read any further.  It happened again. Yes, once again I had a run-in with scoundrels....

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Life Is Like A Box Of Brown Stuff

Sorry Forrest, but you are wrong.  Like is NOT like a box of chocolates. If it was like a box of chocolates, the worst that could happen is…well…getting chocolate.  Even your least favorite piece has...

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