Posted in I'm a mama y'all. on Jul 14th, 2008 4 Comments »
First of all, say the words ‘invention camp’ and tell me you don’t just pee yourself with the excitement and promise those words hold. Seriously. The fact that my son did not actually create some sort of teleportation device last week has left me mildly disappointed. I had that much hope for [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all. on Jun 24th, 2008 5 Comments »
I have an agenda, of sorts, this summer. Here’s what it looks like:
Summer Agenda, 2008
1. Sleep in everyday.
2. Get through the 2nd draft of my story.
3. Do 100 push ups. This is the loftiest and least attainable goal of all.
4. Take weekly field trips to various educational and exciting [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all. on Jun 19th, 2008 11 Comments »
It’s summer here in Idaho. Finally. We were wearing sweaters and drinking hot chocolate on the last day of school, so summer, even in its 60 degree incarnation, is quite welcome. As I write this two of my children are feeding the ducks of the neighborhood pond (causing duck fights, no doubt) [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all., Look at me...I'm so great., Showin' some love y'all., Unfunny, Write said Fred on May 11th, 2008 6 Comments »
I soooo did not want to write this post today. And I’ve soooo been avoiding my own blog.
Not a good sign.
I’ve been writing this blog for two years now. Here’s the post I wrote on Mother’s Day two years ago. Read it. It’s cute.
Here’s the post I wrote last [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all. on Apr 4th, 2008 5 Comments »
When asked to dictate a post for my blog, in honor of her birthday, this is what Ava said:
Ava: Wait. Uh…How ’bout ‘Hi Nana. I hope you’re having a good time. I’m having a good time, too. It’s my birthday. I’m in Idaho right now. I went on [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all., Showin' some love y'all., Unfunny on Mar 2nd, 2008 9 Comments »
Wednesday. That’s when we’ll get to Texas.
I’m breathing a shallow sigh of relief now that I know we’re going. But all the dark stuff is still ahead. First on the agenda is telling the kids.
I’m not sure what I’ll be doing with this blog in the upcoming month. I’m a [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all., Look at me...I'm so great. on Feb 21st, 2008 17 Comments »
Sometimes I take pictures of myself. Sometimes I get bored with my blog and don’t write for many days. Sometimes, on those days, I post pictures of myself and my babies. Because I’ve got nothing else for you today.
PS - Still writing. I’m hoping to finish my little story [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all. on Jan 29th, 2008 5 Comments »
So I’m up in the bleachers, watching my girl get her gymnastics on, or rather watching the older girls do their flip flop thingys because that’s way cooler than my girl playing the fool. So I’m watching the big girls do stuff like this:
…when I hear sounds that resemble the laughs and noises produced [...]
Posted in Choose your own adventure, Conversations in my Head, I'm a mama y'all. on Jan 25th, 2008 19 Comments »
…hastily thrown together in the sudden realization that I haven’t written a post all week. Me = Lazy blogger. I suck. Feel free to boycott my blog with righteous indignation. In the meantime, here are a few true gems spoken at my house this week:
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Ava: I would never sneak out [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all., Unfunny on Jan 19th, 2008 11 Comments »
I used to have great disdain for parents who overscheduled their kids. Over-ambitious activity freaks, I thought they were. And who schedules ‘playdates’ anyway? Seriously? I’M JUST GOING TO LET MY KIDS BE KIDS, I said.
Cut to January, 2008.
Me: Uh…Charlie’s going to start piano next week.
Him: Really?
Me: [...]
