Jane’s latest amusement involves hiding somewhere — somewhere very obvious, obvious to the point of throwing a blanket over her head while I’m watching, and then saying, “Mom, come find me.”
But I’m not allowed to find her right away. Nooooo, how dare I?
“Don’t see me!” she will fume.
I’m supposed to search the room inside out, becoming more and […]
Today was a great day and now the older girls are in bed (and the baby is hooked on) (rather permanently, I’m afraid), but our days are not always blissful and I want to go ahead and dispel any myths about that, in case my depressing post a few days ago wasn’t enough to do that. […]
So Echo (who, by the way, lived right behind me in high school, but we just recently found each other’s blogs), says it’s National Delurking Day. And she’s a long-time blogger (not to mention an award-winning journalist), so she must know what she’s talking about.
Who in the world comes up with these things anyway? It’s […]
Filed in: website | January 14, 2010
This is much shorter than I ever intended. But this is what happens when a crazy do-it-yourself mama takes scissors to her poor trusting daughter’s hair.
It’s cute, if only because she’s so darn cute. I didn’t know what the heck I was doing, and it’s pretty obvious when it isn’t all curled up. Click the picture […]
Filed in: family | January 13, 2010
I’ve never been a good sleeper. Well, as far as I can remember. We’ll have to ask my mom about babyhood, but from about five on, I hated bedtime and it wasn’t because I was just defiant or wanted to stay up. I dreaded going to bed because I couldn’t fall asleep.
Having kids has cured me […]
Filed in: just life • self-reflection | January 12, 2010
Okay, so I think I found the point of my last post through the comments section. (What blogger doesn’t love the comments section?)
It doesn’t really matter whether kids are technically “rational” or not, achieving cooperation is all about the connection, or feeling, in the relationship. As Nat2 reminded me, since we are the adults, it falls […]
Jane woke up in the night completely out of sorts and making all kinds of awful screeching noises. I took her into the living room and sat on the couch, trying, ineffectively, to settle her.
I noticed my irritation was growing so I started telling myself, “Remember, she’s not doing this on purpose. She’s not rational […]
Filed in: child development • parenting | January 7, 2010
I received a compliment from Sariah tonight:
“Mom, that’s four nights in a row of good dinners!”
Coming from a six-year-old, this is very encouraging.
Especially my six-year-old, who, by the way, was never picky, AT ALL, for about the first four years of her life — seriously, the girl would eat chips with chunky salsa, raw red onions, every kind of […]
I haven’t read the Love Languages book (he has one for children too), but if I had to classify my three-year-old into one of the five categories, hers would definitely be physical touch.
She expresses everything this way. She is very cuddly and has always been one to caress my face with her hands and just generally […]
I know it’s New Years; I have no excuse for my perennial lateness.
Oh wait, yes I do. In the form of three small children. So there!
But look, I uploaded some Christmas fun to Flickr.
(Click any of the pictures to get through to Flickr.)
We got the girls a whole bunch of Polly Pockets. (Gotta love Craigslist.)
I helped the girls make […]
Hi, I'm Kate.
I have a propensity for rambling at length about parenting, attempting crafting projects far beyond my capabilities, staying up entirely too late, and craving sugary treats. This is my journal.
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