Monthly Archives: October 2008

This is an official shout-out to my beautiful mother, who turns 55 today. Mom, I tried to find a picture of you to put on here, but the photos I have, you’d kill me for putting them on. My mom … Continue reading →

“Mom!! Bob’s on!!” Adam yelled excitedly across the house. “Great,” I said, assuming he meant Bob the Builder, of course. After all, he’s 4. But he said, “No, not that Bob” and dragged me into the living room. It was … Continue reading →

Claire just told me that when she grows up, she wants to be a book writer, and asked me what the right word is for that. Completely unprompted and uncoerced. I’ve never even put that idea in her head. Really, … Continue reading →

I’ve been stuck inside the house with our lovely, chicken pox infected children for nearly 4 days straight. The only escape I made was a very necessary one to the grocery store. And Claire, who has recently started 1st grade, … Continue reading →

Disclaimer: Please recall that Claire is about to embark upon her first Red Ribbon Week, and is learning at an age-appropriate level, I assume, about drug and alcohol abuse at school. Claire and Adam overheard today, while watching from our … Continue reading →

Adam singing a Deliberate Kids song this morning over breakfast, “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, steak, remote control.”

We just had tonkatsu for dinner, which is a fantastic Japanese dish of fried pork cutlets (usually served with white rice, cabbage salad, and miso soup). Adam ate his exceptionally quietly and quickly just now, with Keith and I both … Continue reading →

Our precious 3 year-old, who was our easiest, sweetest baby by far, and then our most difficult 2 year-old by far. Benny has this amazing power to move one from fury to glee to fury to glee and back faster … Continue reading →

Last time it happened, I didn’t know what was going on. I opened the door to a Japanese man I’d never seen before, wearing work-clothes and an apologetic smile. He offered me a cute little towel and muttered something in … Continue reading →