by Mir | Apr 2, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People
I remember being told, long ago, that you fall in love with your spouse all over again when you see him falling in love with your child. This was, of course, in reference to my first baby, and I do remember the warm-n-fuzzy feelings of watching my ex unfold as a...
by Mir | Apr 1, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Otto and I went to a fancy-schmancy banquet last night, because he won a fancy-schmancy award. Because he’s kind of a rock star. Sometimes proper parenting has to take a back seat to free steak, so Monkey was informed that his current behavior was being tabled...
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...
