UPDATE: Forgot to mention that I’ll be on Newschannel 13‘s Live at Noon Wednesday talking about fun this February break. So far, the Valentine’s Day season has been pretty predictable. I should have remembered that J would want to get gifts for all of us (remember last year’s Love Dice?). We’d gone to Target to … [Read more…]
I got well just in the nick of time, because I’d signed up to make a fancy dessert for a dessert auction we’re doing at church tomorrow. I decided to go with chocolate mousse. The mousse isn’t absolutely gorgeous, but I know how to do it, and it’s freakishly delicious. Between J’s gymnastics and M’s … [Read more…]
Oh, my gosh, you guys, the stomach bug. So. yucky. And it lasts forever. Our family, as a general rule, doesn’t get stomach bugs very often. Pretty much my kids only throw up due to transportation issues. But J’s recent sickness caught up with me on Monday, and it was about 24 hours of sheer … [Read more…]
We spent the last few days at Jiminy Peak, and now I’m not feeling well. But I’ve been such a slacker that I had to offer up something, right? Luckily, I keep a running list of links to share. PBS Newshour offers up fourteen books that you could read in the time it takes to … [Read more…]
J’s finally getting over a stomach bug that just seemed to linger on and on. It started early on Saturday morning at her friend’s house. Or, perhaps I should say, at my friend’s house, on my friend’s newish family room carpet. Excellent. Sorry about that! Cute W rushed over to retrieve her while I sat … [Read more…]
I’m very excited to offer a giveaway for tickets to see one of my favorite music makers for little kids, Tom Chapin! I’ve actually seen Tom Chapin in concert, and he sings a really great show: lovely songs and boisterous ones, too, and plenty of opportunities for audience participation, singing and gesturing along with the … [Read more…]
I spent today housebound. We got a phone call at 7 am reporting that J had barfed at a friend’s house. Cute W ran over to pick her up, then he brought M and her friend to a morning soccer game while J and I hung out: reading, snuggling, napping, and carrying a big bowl … [Read more…]
The other day I walked down into the basement playroom and saw this: I knew right away who’d written it, because I have one daughter with boundless, verging-on-cocky confidence, and then there’s J. J, who recently came home with three tests marked 100%, 100%, and 95% + 3 bonus points, and moaned that she’d known … [Read more…]
Okay, I’ll acknowledge it. I haven’t been the most attentive blogger lately. It was much easier back when I’d hover near the girls at bedtime, because there wasn’t much that I could do except read or write, and it was at the end of the day, when often I’d have a story to tell. Anyway, … [Read more…]
Lately, I’m not allowed in the kitchen from 2:30 to 3 pm. That’s because J has been making us fruit snacks. Sometimes they’re two courses, frequently they’re accompanied by fresh-squeezed juice, and they’re always presented with flair. Honeydew melon in an orange peel with strawberry-sliver garnish (served with the orange juice): Frozen mango chunk with … [Read more…]
