Monthly Archives: November 2009

Socrates is So Much Cooler than Nintendo

By Michael Okay, maybe I missed the boat just a little bit on this one. Immediately after Thanksgiving, when the girls were annotating the toy mazagines like they were researchers at the Library of Congress, the item they circled most often was Nintendo. Neither girl was that big on Barbie and all the girly stuff…

Smelly tree, smelly tree, it’s not your fault

By Gretchen I’ve often complained about our 2007 Christmas Tree. It smelled like teenaged badgers held a little but raucous kegger in the branches. I couldn’t wait to get rid of it—in fact, it was completely stripped of ornaments by the morning of December 26th. No regrets. I guess it’s the hazard of being in…

A Dose of Humor – Dear Baby Dude, Love the Twins.

5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity. When she’s not finding humor and craziness…

Merry And Bright

The first Sunday of Advent is THIS WEEKEND! Well, that was fast. I love everything about the Christmas season – I love singing carols and wrapping presents and drinking eggnog (sometimes. Sometimes eggnog is like a big cup of snot.) and I love watching the same old Christmas shows every year. I love tradition and…

Because Sometimes The Small Things ARE the Big Things

By Kelly There are days, as a SAHM, when I’m tempted to be less than thankful. I look around at the mess in the living room and the spilled pasta in the kitchen and the bad attitudes on the sofa (also known as my children), and I feel itchy and grouchy. My jeans chafe on…

Carving Out My Niche

By Michael Thanksgiving’s at my sister’s house this week. I hope she’ll let me carve the turkey. Carving the turkey, of course, is a guy thing. No matter how much time mom spends tying and basting and seasoning and schlepping the bird around the kitchen, dad gets the final shot at doing a Rambo on the…

Honestly, I Don’t Know WHERE She Gets These Ideas! (Ahem.)

By Megan I took the kids up to the library last Thursday morning for story time. Bean sat down among the other children and Peabody sat on her lap. She snuggled him close and beamed with such pride! It was adorable, if I do say so myself. Inevitably (and happily, I might add. I have…

The Eyes Have It

By DeeDee Our week was fraught with various dental and eye appointments. I began the week with the dreaded “deep cleaning” of the teeth and gums, because I have been remiss with my flossing. I’ve been busy. My husband informed me that I would be in need of a pain killer. My eyes lit up….

Dose of Humor – Are They Mine or My Sister’s?

5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity. Shiree is a SAHM to three beautiful…

Science

By Beck “This year has been awful!” I said to my husband last night – mid-asthma attack – and he laughed in a sad sort of way. We’ve had money problems. One of our kids is worrisomely stressed out all the time. We’ve lost friends. Another one of our kids is a crabby pre-teen. Elderly…