we have always let the boys know that you date a girl to see if she would make a good match for you. we talk about dating to find a wife and that third grade is too young to get married.
This Friday there is a school dance in the elementary school. All third through fifth [...]
Archive for March, 2008
dating
Posted in 1 on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
today’s conversations
Posted in 1 on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i just had to go outside to tell the boys they couldn’t jump on the trampoline because Evan just had 6 stitches in his chin LESS THAN 8 HOURS AGO.
“Garrett, come out with us and I’ll bring out your basketball hoop”
“I don’t like basketball”
“I thought you did with your basketball hoop”
“mom, some people have different [...]
mother of the year
Posted in 1 on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
no need to award me a prize for mother/aunt of the year. i know the facts. If it wasn’t bad enough that i was in charge when my nephew broke four toes coming down the huge slide today confirmed I should be the winner.
Today is the last day of spring break. I [...]
jackpot
Posted in 1 on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had ordered some books off Craigslist the other day and almost forgot about it. A bit ago it came in the mail and i let the boys open the package together. When they saw it was full of Goosebumps I got differnet reactions. Garrett was a bit interested but not really. Evan got a [...]
I can babysit
Posted in 1 on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m just cutting and pasting an email I sent out this evening.
Want to hear a terrible story? My sister called last week and asked if I would meet her half way to get her kids and then, with my mom and dad’s help, watch her boys and then the [...]
gray = old
Posted in 1 on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was spending time with the boys today and I noticed a hair on my shirt. I pulled it off and told them to “check it out” because half was brown and half was white. They asked why it was like that and I mentioned that, like them, I was getting older. when you get [...]
tv
Posted in 1 on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
we watched the tv show that ruins marriages last night. I don’t know the name of it but they ask people such personal questions! The thing is, the people are already asked the questions for the lie detector so they know the questions that can come up. Why, on God’s green earth, are you going [...]
working mom
Posted in 1 on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been thinking of next year and how all my children will be in school. I’m going to miss them terribly and will be in their classrooms once a week helping but I know I am going to get bored. There are plenty of projects to do, especially if we get the new house, but [...]
information coming too quickly
Posted in 1 on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have just hit send on a note to our assistant principal. She’s wonderful. hopefully this is an ok note. tell me what you think…
Hi ____,
I’ve been thinking a couple hours about what to do about something that has been happening in school. Know that my husband and I realize that our [...]
other reasons to vomit
Posted in 1 on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
some people vomit when they are sick, others becuase of car sickness. not my child.
today when the boys were playing “throw you on the bed” with Jeff I was on the computer doing book fair stuff. I hear a noise then a big, “eewwww!!” Apparently, Garrett started gagging on the bed and came running out [...]
