“Mom, am I too old for _______________?” This from Will, who is an appalling eleven years old. We are headed out to school, but he has recently been looking at a toy catalogue and circling items. He has toys like these already, and lately he and Everett have been playing with them together. They have, […]
Read moreEmma Grace lost a tooth today– Another Tooth. She was excited, of course, and I was excited with her. She pulled it out herself on our way home from school. Still, it’s hard to feel like it’s a big deal, as this is number 7. Meanwhile, I’m pretty sure that Will has lost his last […]
Read moreWilliam lay on the sofa, fully dressed and ready for the day, but covered with a blanket, resting. It was 6:37 when I came downstairs. “How are you?” I asked, sitting next to him on the sofa’s edge. “Tired,” he said, and smiled sleepily at me. “Mondays are hard,” I said. “Tuesdays are better,” he […]
Read moreI haven’t been here much of late. I have things to say and photos to post, but alas, I don’t know when. The boys who, now that we’ve started school, may use the computer only on the weekends, use the computer A Lot on the weekends, when I might have time to post a thing […]
Read moreI arrived home from school this afternoon to find William waiting for me at the car door, proud to show me his latest injury: a slit in the skin of his forehead, starting just at the middle of his brow and extending into his hair line. I was horrified. “What happened?” I asked him, and […]
Read moreEleven years ago right now I had been in labor for twenty-three hours. Only seventeen more to go. It was So Completely Worth It. Happy 11th Birthday, William!!!
Read moreJune 1-2 Airports of the World We travel as a team and, for this leg of the journey, are 19 in number. Jim has divided us into smaller groups, and the three leaders are responsible for keeping tabs on our whereabouts. Added to this security, everyone on the team is looking out for the children, […]
Read moreI threw the bag away. The Entire Bag. Okay. It wasn’t an Entire Bag. It was about– almost– half full. And when you consider how much air is in those bags in the first place, I really hadn’t eaten all that many of them. Also they were going stale. Slowly. So I threw away the […]
Read moreis staying up too late tonight. I think in the last week and a half, I haven’t been to bed before twelve. And as I am up (always) by 6:30, going to bed that late is Just Too Late. Tonight things will be different. Tonight I am not making a salt and flour map of […]
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