I burst into tears in the pickup line at school on Monday. Normally, I’m in and out, but I got there early and as luck would have it, the kids were outside playing. My kid. Watching him scamper and romp was a breath of fresh air. He played as if he didn’t have a care […]
5th Grade Senior Citizen
December 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Peanut and I were hanging out earlier today, watching TV and just relaxing. After a Lego Duplo commercial went off the air, he looked at me and said, “Mom, life was so much easier back then. Now, I am the senior citizen of elementary school.” How do I respond? By saying, “I know that growing […]
Go-Go-Gadget Go!!
November 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I loved Inspector Gadget when I was a little girl. Who am I kidding? I love Inspector Gadget now. My son is a different story. He thinks Inspector Gadget is a moron. You heard me correctly. He called Inspector Gadget a moron. Peanut is convinced that the man couldn’t find himself out of a paper […]
Midday Fatherhood Ruminations
October 26, 2010 by 1 Comment
It was a lifeless, vapid meeting. You know the kind. The ones that crush your soul without any effort whatsoever. I had one of those today. And as I looked out the window, watching the rain come down out of a bleak and dreary sky while someone droned on and on about something nobody was going […]
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