Once a year, all of the children from three to eleven years old in our church do a presentation during the main part of our Sunday meeting. All year long, the kids practice the songs they will sing. For the last month or so before the presentation, they practice reciting parts that they are each [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Kids’
November 3, 2009
Seeing My Future
January 13, 1993
Dear Me,
This is a letter to myself to let me, in the future, see what my hopes and expectations were when I was almost 16, and to see how my life met up to those dreams and expectations.
In two and a half years I hope to graduate high school and probably go to [...]
October 5, 2009
Losing My Stuff…And the Dog
It had been such a nice weekend. Really, it had. Every year, my community does a big festival the first week of October. Friday night there is a cruise-in, Saturday is a parade, and Saturday and Sunday are a street fair. Since my mother is up for re-election this year, we attended most of it. [...]
September 30, 2009
Kid Poops-a-Lot
*talking*
Oh. my. gosh.Becky, look at that butt. That diaper’s big. It looks like one of those diaper commercials. Who understands those commercials? They only talk to about poop because they can make a lot of money,ok? I mean that butt!It’s just [...]
September 15, 2009
Real Education
Before I get on to more important things, can I just say that Julie Chen should fire her stylist over tonight’s outfit? Yes, that’s right, I WATCH BIG BROTHER. And Julie’s finale outfit? She looks like she’s wearing a Snuggie.
What do you want to teach your children?
I’ve been thinking about this for awhile, but even [...]
September 2, 2009
Important Life Lessons
As I was getting ready for the day this morning (shortly after scrubbing the carpet because I was stupid enough to put carpet in the dining room and, you know, orange juice BELONGS on the floor), my oldest three boys came running to me.
“Mommy, Mommy! We’re making a band! Can we have tattoos? We can’t [...]
August 31, 2009
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
How do you people with a bunch of school-aged children do it?
A couple of weeks ago, I finally sat down with my calendar and scheduled in all of the boys’ soccer games. I instantly felt overwhelmed. Today, Wyatt’s coach sent a practice schedule for the rest of the season.
Oh. My. Gosh.
Can I just say—Sean agreed [...]
August 8, 2009
Adding to the Gray Hair Count
Around here, Saturdays are not a time to relax. Sean and I vie for the opportunity to complete projects that are just too difficult to do on our own with the kids around. He hopes to mow the lawn and do projects like putting in new windows. I go grocery shopping and do more involved [...]
June 30, 2009
Where I Resist the Urge to Thumb My Nose at Public School Conventions
Awhile back, I mentioned that I was gearing up for a fight with the online charter school that we use because Wyatt is technically 13 days to young to start kindergarten next year. You see, when the federal government pays your bills, an arbitrary date on the calendar becomes the most important factor in determining [...]
June 22, 2009
Week 34—The Weather Report
At this point, it has basically been a whole month since I have done any kind of pregnancy update. Mostly, this is because I’ve never felt like doing a picture. I actually tried to do one last week, but they all turned out awful. And you aren’t getting one today—after working in the garden in [...]
