Within minutes of giving Matthew a donut last night, he came into the kitchen holding a small bag of Skittles and asked if he could have it for his snack. I said to him, “I just gave you a donut!” To which he replied, “Donuts have grains in them, so […]
Our house sits at the top of a t-intersection, looking straight down the road that connects with ours. The bathrooms in our house are in the front with toilets that are right next to the windows. They look directly down the street so that if the blinds are open, well, […]
Last night, I was going through the normal routine of getting the kids down for bedtime. Of course, it involves them coming down several times with various concerns ranging from the closet door being open to wanting a drink of water. They both came down for about the third time […]
On Friday morning, Benjamin woke up in a full panic, screaming for us from his bed. When Andrea got to his room, he was visibly shaken. When Andrea asked him what was wrong, he said he had a nightmare and that something in his bed grabbed his butt. We calmed […]
Benjamin turned six today and I could spend a good deal of time writing about how I can’t believe it and how fast the six years has gone, etc., etc., etc. I won’t, mostly because I already covered that when he turned five (I swear, I wrote this title before I […]
Due to a birthday party on Saturday and a babysitter coming over this week, we were asking the boys to help clean up the house more than normal. Benjamin is usually very good with this and gets right to work. Matthew drags his feet, tries talking his way out of […]
On the way home from work, I almost got into three different accidents and “had to” lean on my horn a fourth time. The kids weren’t in the car for the first one, but the other three times, they were. Now, on a side note, I do forget myself when […]
As I mentioned before, every year, while on vacation, the boys seem to hit new stages in development. I’ve also mentioned in the past that Matthew had been slow in his speech development and is very difficult to understand, at times. During this years vacation, it seems, Matthew has taken […]
Yesterday, Andrea and I suddenly realized that Matthew was saying “bathing suit” pretty clearly and correctly. It wasn’t long ago that he really struggled with his “s” sound and so he would say “bading doop”. ..it was very cute and, as proud as I am of how well he has […]
So, back in January, I started dieting with the goal of losing 35 pounds. In the process, I got Benjamin and Matthew involved and they were good in helping keep me in line. During this time, I have been self-deprecating about my weight that the boys picked up on. Today (with […]
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