Tag Archive: science

lies, damn lies and the children who tell them

One at a time, my children are trying to either kill me or get themselves dropped off at the nearest fire station. In response to getting caught in a whopper of a lie after a series of smaller lies, Jon Alex tried the “I’m a fragile butterfly surrounded by vicious hound dogs, except for you,…

avoiding conflict and veggies since 1985

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I seriously do not think I’m cut out for this parenting gig. I’m too lenient, I’m unstructured, there is way too much doing of your own thing around here. Nobody has to sit at the table until they finish their veggies. Nobody has to sit at the table, period. Whatever everyone does to keep the…

with that out of the way, there’s this

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the wo-man with the wo-plan

pulling an all-nighter

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the 40-year-old fourth grader

fringe friday fellowship—games and widget edition

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Happy Friday! Holy smokes…

while the brain is otherwise occupied

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and when I should be cleaning my room…

today begins the year it’s not gonna happen not gonna happen not gonna happen

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Today is Jordan’s 15th birthday.