The older kids all have clean and healthy teeth. It just shouldn’t be this much of a struggle to take them to the dentist.  Really. The first thing I hear when I walk through the door is “Make him/her go first!” Followed by Rerun’s virtuoso solo performance of “Cry Loud, Cry Long” while the dental […]

I put Rerun on his bus yesterday morning without any problems.  He’d had a yogurt for breakfast and all seemed well. As the older two were eating their own breakfasts, I got a phone call from Rerun’s teacher, Ms. M, who informed me that he’d needed to go potty first thing this morning (not a […]

Thumper was so tired when we got back on Sunday night from Friend and Doc’s house, that he really didn’t wake up when I got him out of the car. I feel like this is an apt metaphor for my life at the moment. Of course, once Rerun saw a camera, he wanted in. “Never […]

Hi!  How is everyone doing? Well, I’m still here, but it was a heck of a weekend. Thursday night, a powerful windstorm swept through the area.  We lost power shortly before 11 pm.  Unfortunately, the kids weren’t asleep yet (except for Thumper) because they were too keyed up with swimming lessons and the windy weather. […]