Ethan enjoying a complimentary black and white cookie at our favorite coffee shop yesterday. Thanks, Wired Coffee , for generously rewarding loyalty. We love supporting local businesses who actually CARE about their customers!...
Archives - January 2010
Cookie Cookie Cookie Starts With ‘C.’
Thursday, January 28 2010 - General
Ethan-ism, Part I.
Friday, January 22 2010 - Funny Stuff
Laurel has hers, and Ethan’s getting old enough for his own.
Today he was cleaning a bench for me when he said:
“This is gonna be as shiny as a toad in dry sand.”
I’m not sure what that means, but it seems to carry a lot of weight with him.
Some Good Things…
Thursday, January 21 2010 - General
…only come once a year: And that is why you buy it by the case....
Learning About Dad’s Career.
Tuesday, January 19 2010 - Funny Stuff
This morning’s conversation: Ethan: “Mom, where is Dad going?” Me: “To a client’s.” Ethan: “But what is a client’s?” Me: “Dad goes all over the place to different client’s offices to fix their computers.” Ethan: “So if a piece breaks off the client’s computer, Daddy finds it and puts it back on with...
One More Reason I Love My Husband.
Thursday, January 14 2010 - Funny Stuff
This morning’s conversation: Me: “Greg, do you think we’re difficult parents?” Greg: “To whom?” Me: “Well, let’s start with our kids and work into their teachers.” Greg: “Perhaps…and NO. We are exactly right, there is no reason why when we ask for justification of a mark they shouldn’t be able to say...
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Stupid.
Monday, January 11 2010 - Family
Last semester, Laurel missed 5 days of school. Three of those – one, two, three – 3/5 of those…were for a funeral . Last Friday I journeyed to our mailbox and found… This: After stomping through the house, stomping downstairs with the letter to flail my arms about at Greg, and stomping back upstairs...
One Party, Just Because, Coming Right Up.
Saturday, January 09 2010 - Family
Yesterday the kids had a snow day (2 in a row!) so you’ll recall that in order to preserve my sanity and blow the stink off, I took them to a movie. As we were driving to the theater, Laurel looked at me and said, “We should give Daddy a party.” “Um, okay, um, what’s the occasion?” I asked. “Just because...
The Snow Days Cometh.
Friday, January 08 2010 - Family
Now this post falls under the category of “Don’t-Tell-Grandma-Smith.” In fact, I really SHOULD make that a category for this blog. Anyway, here we are, day 2 of the snow days allotted to us thus far in this academic year. Yesterday, when it was colder than it’s been in 10 years, I bundled the kids up...
Academic Awards & Not-so-Subtle Spousal Manipulation.
Wednesday, January 06 2010 - Family
Laurel received an Academic All-Star Award last night. It’s for kids who do well on their MAP tests, yada yada yada, and the ceremony was last night. Laurel was excited because they get all kinds of freebies from local businesses, including a movie pass (and we all know those are valuable, with movie...
New Year’s Eve & Beyond.
Tuesday, January 05 2010 - Family
Here is one of those combo posts. I went through photos this morning and found several that needed to go up on the blog, but they didn’t have a particular theme. They’re just those whimsical snapshots taken due to camera convenience. Here I am on New Year’s Eve, demonstrating Ethan’s Grinch Face. I’ve...
New Year’s Eve. Part I, at Least.
Friday, January 01 2010 - General
Are we having a good time? Yes we are. Heh. The photos that were here before have been deleted by the management so wandering youthful eyes would not happen upon them and believe their parents were crazy nutcakes. But! They were taken in order to load someone’s camera up...
