by Mir | May 23, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It has recently come to my attention that there’s the possibility that my oldest child has observed a year of her younger brother getting a lot of attention for repeatedly falling into messy chunks, and that she has since concluded that the best way to get love...
by Mir | May 20, 2011 | Oh look! Something furry!!
The children have been out of school for a day and a half, and already the dog has gone completely insane. To be fair, there’s a crew here working on the new fence, and when you are a 12-pound vicious guard dog that requires a lot of running back and forth from...
by Mir | May 18, 2011 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I’m the one who’s not sentimental. I’m the one who gathered with the other moms for coffee on that first day of preschool and while they blubbered about how their PRESHUS BAYBEES were growing up and they couldn’t stand it, I was all, “Are...
by Mir | May 17, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I’ve been doing a lot of reminiscing about my school days, lately. I guess it’s a side effect of this academic year coming to an end, and the fact that I am about to be Officially Done Being An Elementary School Parent, which doesn’t seem possible....
by Mir | May 16, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It’s amazing how many things you can pack into any given day between dragging your butt out of bed late and then sinking into a catatonic slump shortly after lunch, and then between wiping the drool from your chin later that afternoon and falling into bed...