They came..they saw…they ate lots of pizza!
Sam is officially 12. I know, I can’t believe it either. Pete is a bit annoyed that Sam is taller than Pete was at the same age. Adapt – I told him. There were 12 birthday “partiers” at my house...
View ArticlePassive – Aggressive
We’ve been having a lot of problems difficulties issues with Sam. More so with him than the “Other Three. Although the “Other Three” keep telling me that we just don’t remember. They have offered...
View Article6th Grade Promotion
Thanks to E S GIBBS & Time for the photo…precious Random thoughts and memories of the Big Day…. Three rehearsals before the big event…Tiring One wardrobe malfunction…who knew his feet were going...
View ArticleSome things finally make sense….
Having spent a full week with two ‘tweens’ and a eight year old, I now fully understand why some animals eat their young. I love her expression – I looked the same way this morning. “Oh dear God...
View ArticleOhana….means
Ohana - Ohana means family….family means that sometime in the middle of the night my 12 year old son along with my 8 year old nephew and his 12 year old sister, my niece will have crawled into bed with...
View ArticleMissing socks…
What is it they say? Art imitates Life? Or Sunday comics imitate laundry day? While my brother and his wife are on their cruise, I am doing laundry for 3 rambunctious “tweens- semi-tween.” (My...
View ArticleMom…I have a question
Thankfully I have had lots of energy this summer to keep up with the kids. I have answered many questions, some of which took me by surprise. I have learned that when my brother’s children ask a...
View ArticleCleaning out the Medicine Cabinet
How many people clean out their medicine cabinet/storage/cardboard box of medicines regularly? I do. Twice a year, usually at the fall and spring time changes. Keep those snide anti “Martha Stewart”...
View ArticleJob Title Change -
I don’t know when Sam went from calling me “Mom” to “Mooothher” complete with the eye roll. Find myself often saying these days….”Your face is going to freeze that way…” Real Mothers don’t eat...
View ArticleDon’t poke the baby
One of my girlfriends is now the mother of 3 boys….3 boys under the age of 6… I don’t why that scares me…I did it…but I was much younger then. She called me with a funny “little boy mama” story. She...
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