by Mir | Mar 31, 2009 | My name is Grumplestiltskin, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
My children are darling little angels. Except when they aren’t. And BELIEVE YOU ME, we have plenty of the “aren’t” sorts of instances, ’round here. Though their seemingly limitless capacity for finding NEW and INTERESTING ways to make...
by Mir | Mar 30, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
We’re a busy family, and so like most busy families, we like to use the weekends to reconnect with each other in light of our busy lives. This is generally accomplished via sleeping late and eating pancakes. (Ahhhh—nothing says unity like carbs, am I...
by Mir | Mar 27, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I’m having one of those overwhelmed-with-work kinds of days, and the children have been remarkably patient with me. Thank goodness. Though this does mean that there has been various silliness at the door of my office. Chickadee: [while pantomiming being stuck in...
by Mir | Mar 26, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
As the youngest and possibly most impulsive and least patient member of our family, I oftentimes wonder if Monkey feels like his entire life is just everyone telling him NO, over and over again. Some days, it feels like that’s all I do. Put your feet down and...
by Mir | Mar 24, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Things haven’t been going so well, over here at the Eyeball Corral. Oh, it’s true that Chickadee remains a champion contact lens WEARER. I don’t know if lenses are different now or her eyes are just a lot hardier than mine or what, but back in my...
