Happy Monday to my dear readers! It’s been a busy few days with my mother-in-law returning to the hospital, so today’s Manic Monday post is something that a friend sent me on Facebook. I’ve actually received it twice now, but it’s funny every time; and it does a good job describing parenthood. From what […]
Monkey and the Bug
Of course I’ve known from day 1 with my son that boys are different than girls, but today he made me squeal like, dare I say, a girl, for the first time (and from his grin, I’m sure it won’t be the last). We’ve been walking next door to let my in-law’s dog outside each […]
Watch What You Say!
So we all know you have to be careful with what you say when you are around children, no matter what age, really. I mean, you don’t want to be the one sitting in church when your kid lets out some four letter word they overheard you say. And then there’s those statements like, “Mommy, […]
Where’s the Pancakes?
It was pancake day; usually Daddy makes the pancakes, but work had paged him… And I had lounged in bed a little longer than usual, which meant now there were two hungry little ones and a dog crowding me as I was getting all the pancake-making necessities out. All I could think was, “Is there […]
How Many Minutes in a Can of Pam?
Well, it’s Monday again… Being the oldest, my daughter seems to get a lot of the focus on Manic Mondays, but this one is all my son… It was morning, and the kids were excited that Daddy was home. The dog was going nuts, hoping someone would throw the ball for her, and since there […]