Teaching simple subjects and simple predicates to a somewhat confused Eden this morning, the conversation went something like this: “My dress is pretty. ‘Dress’ is the simple subject, the noun. ‘Is’ is the verb, the simple predicate” I said. Ruby was listening in, and she piped in, “My dress is pretty. Dress, pretty, and thank […]
Hair Dilemma.
Two of my dear daughters, one who apparently wants to remain nameless stood in line for my scissors yesterday. The face painting was not of my doing. I am not that talented. Ruby wanted her hair as short as Sterling’s. Um, no. But how’s a couple inches? Liberty wanted hers cut too. I made her […]
Is it still an accident when she forgot to pull up her dress and pull down her panties but sat on the potty and peed through them? I’m saying no. Another accident-free day. Charlotte is my hero. You know, as much as an easily potty-trained kid can be a hero. She made my life easier, […]
Number of times I heard a blood-curdling scream today: 13. Number of times I saw blood today: 0. The boy who cried wolf doesn’t have anything on my kids.
Potty Talk
After a couple weeks of working on this at home, this sweet baby girl just completed (without accidents!) her first day as a diaper-free 19 month old in public. Hooray! Just in case though, we took four pairs of extra panties for Charlie, three dresses for Charlie… and a clothing change for momma too. I […]
A berry (counter) productive picking.
I decided to pick mulberries from our tree this morning and I had a hardworking crew of four to help. Some pickers, however, were counterproductive. Lesson for today: take the ones who don’t care for mulberries. More berries land in the bowl that way.
Oil, meet water. Let’s just try to get along.
We had a case of girl bites boy today. Having just discussed with friends biting and thinking back to the only other time I’ve had to deal with the issue, I told boy to bite girl back. When teeth marks were evident but tears weren’t, I asked if he was sure he’d bitten her as […]
Help, anyone?
There is a dear family in our church that is up in Kansas City right now, waiting for a liver transplant. The owners of Belle, the bull mastiff we loved on for a couple weeks, are waiting, day by day, for the call. While they wait, they stay in a Marriott hotel. With special diet […]
No news is good news.
I’m amazed my husband answers the phone when I call him at work any more. He’s gotten some doozies. Topping the list would be when I called to tell him our gas lines had a leak somewhere between the tank outside and the water heater inside. I’ve called with little things, like asking where his […]
Then… now.
When I was little, I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. I didn’t plan on this one room schoolhouse with six grades going on. When I was little, I wanted a big family when I grew up. This business of being raised with just one sister was for the birds. I wanted […]
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