Yesterday evening, Baby Boy committed his first act of self-defense against his sister. I was getting myself ready to leave the house, when I heard from the living room: “Ow! No, baby, dat hurt, ow, no, baby! Mommy!!” I rush in to see the Munchkin, crouching over her brother as if she is going to […]

Busy Mom did this one, and I thought it was pretty amusing, and not really repetitive to other lists that I’ve done before. So, here goes… Four jobs you’ve had in your life: – yo-yo maker (I am not kidding; I made yo-yos in a factory) – portrait photographer – receptionist – medical data entry […]

Just to keep you all appraised as we come to the end of week one of the new year… 1) Clean-up kids’ toys each night. Yes, we have been pretty good about that. We’ve also been trying to teach the Munchkin to put away one toy before getting out a new one. Limited success there. […]

It had to happen, but I was figuring on it happening when the Munchkin was a teenager, not now. The kid has learned that other people call her Mommy Deanna. So she is trying to do the same. How considerate. This first happened on New Year’s Day, at the big gathering at my Bachan’s home. […]