Unintended Consequences

A little under a year ago, my family and I were in a bad car accident. You are, of course, shocked by this revelation since I NEVER mention it here. And I haven’t changed my reckoning of time into BCA (before car accident) and ACA (after car accident. Nope. Hasn’t effected my life at all. [...]

Moo.

A little over a week ago, we had an activity at church for all of the kids. As it fell very close to the wildly popular (in Utah, but still observed periodically around here) Pioneer Day, all of the activities were centered around things the Mormon pioneers would do. Some of the favorite activities were [...]

Truly Initiated Into Parenthood

As if there were any question at this point…
I think, at some point or another, every parent is peed on while changing a diaper. It is one of those things that makes you feel like you are truly a parent.
Tonight, Caleb decided to do me one better.
After all, how many parents can say that they [...]

If Life Were a Musical, We’d Sing About Fat Fingers

Sometimes, people, the contents of my subconscious completely defy explanation.
As the sounds of children getting out of bed started to fill my house this morning, I awoke from a rather vivid dream. I was at the house of one of my IRL bloggy friends.
Her husband was explaining some of his feelings about fatherhood—in a show [...]

Santa Might Frown on That

Partway through this morning, W~ walked up to me out of the blue.
“Mom, if you kill your parents you don’t get anything for Christmas.”
Um, yeah, that’s true.
Given how our morning had been going up to that point, I probably don’t want to know what internal conversation occurred to lead him to that final, somewhat disturbing, [...]

And the Winner Is…

OK, so it has been no big secret that I really don’t get all of the hullabaloo over the Twilight series. I mean, they were kind of a fun read, if you ignore the dysfunctional relationships, repeated use of the same three words, and cheesy ending to the series.
But the obsession? The twitterpating? Just. Don’t. [...]

Shootin’ the Bull

How the heck do you follow a post about a rogue cow?
With a follow-up, of course.
Naturally, after Bessie went tromping through my yard and down the street, I couldn’t help but wonder how the situation played out.
That’s the great thing about having a mother who is one of your small town’s elected officials. Eventually, someone [...]

Bessie’s Bad Day

Every day at one o’clock, I put C~ and E~ down for a nap and tell N~ and W~ it is time for quiet time. They can play their Leapsters, watch a movie, look at books, or take a nap. I don’t care, as long as they do it quietly so they don’t wake up [...]

Weird Science

I mentioned last night that I was watching Mythbusters as I was blogging and getting ready for bed. Seriously, if you have never seen the show, you should make an effort to. I was never fond of science as a kid. These guys, however, have to have one of the most entertaining jobs I have [...]

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like???

Last night, after a long and exhausting final excursion to Kings Island for the year, I found myself at Target shopping for birthday presents. I spent the next hour or so wandering up and down the toy aisles wondering what the heck a six-year-old girl and eleven-year-old boy would think was cool that wouldn’t, you [...]