The Gross-Out Story Hour – Puke

Welcome to the Gross-Out Story Hour. This hour our topic is Puke. Vomit. Throw-Up. Tossed Cookies. Barf. Upchuck. Spew. You get the idea. I find it interesting that when you tell someone a puke story they almost always have one to tell you back. I’d guess everyone has had some…

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Returning to my Baby

We’re back! I am SO glad to be back home again even though we had a great time. All my worrying was for nothing, as usual. Little Guy slept all night for Grandma and Grandpa, I pumped and didn’t lose my milk, and best of all – he still wanted…

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Leaving my Baby

Tomorrow morning Teacher and I are hopping into the van and driving to Chicago for the Midwest Clinic. I don’t know why they call it the “Midwest” Clinic except that it’s held in the midwest. It’s actually an international conference, with clinicians and attendees from all over the world. We’ve…

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The Magic of M&Ms

Z-Man was running in circles around the kitchen and being an experienced Mom I know what that means. Time to go potty! I don’t have to go. Go potty before you have an accident. I don’t have to go potty! Go quick before I eat all the M&Ms… Silence 2…

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Painting the Girls’ Room

We painted the girls’ room over Labor Day and I’ve been waiting for it to be clean enough to photograph. I finally decided that I’ll be old and grey before that happens so I threw everything into the closet to make it look good then took photos of the cleanest…

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Cat and Mouse Games

The other morning Teacher took our three kitties to the vet – they hate the vet. One of them – I think it was Laelia – got really mad and decided to get us back. I was folding laundry and felt something wet – soaked actually. Being a mom I…

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Tumor in the Kitchen

Recently I took some frozen juice concentrate out of the refrigerator to mix up for snack time. The snack was one of the kids’ favorites: apple juice and goldfish crackers. I put it the concentrate into the microwave to defrost, and as I turned away I saw something strange out…

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Halloween Antics

Little Guy dressed as a zebra, of course! The costume was warm, but I still made him wear a sweatshirt outfit and jacket underneath the zebra coat. The poor boy couldn’t move his arms but I fed him M&Ms along the way so he was happy. He loves M&Ms just…

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