Daddy, make a picture

If you are a member of the educational bureaucracy and will someday be telling me that Big Brother has difficulty sitting still and paying attention while his teacher is droning on and on about nothing at all…
Please be aware that my response to you will be a very politely worded ‘Go Fuck Yourself.’
Thank you!

Dear Blind Charlie’s Cafe,
Love the food, the service, the ambiance.
One minor point if I may.
Citrus wedges and halved grapes are only to be served with breakfast on Sunday brunch.
And as you no doubt learned this morning from Big Sister, if the orange wedge touches the waffle it means THE FUCKING WORLD IS […]

Stomach virus has now left the children to feast on Mommy and Daddy.
Alert the media.

Sick Sister is now Fully Recovered Sister.
Healthy Brother and Healthy Sister are now the Head-Rotating Heaving Vile Puke of Doom Siblings.
Little Sister just went off to bed for the fourth or fifth time.
Not pretty.
[Posted with ecto]

After two massive doses of that gooey pink liquid that every parent seems to have in their fridge, Big Sister seems to be on the mend.
Totally coincidentally (I’m sure…) in the depths of her illness she discovered ‘Dora, the Explorer.’ I don’t mind it so much … positive female role model… yadda yadda yadda… […]

Big sister has an ear infection.
Big brother and little sister are being sent off to live on a farm in the country.
Pray for us.

Parents need parenting coaches!
What tripped Lisa D’Annolfo Levey’s maternal tolerance meter on a recent Tuesday afternoon was not just the toy football her 7-year-old son, Skylar, zinged across the living room, nearly toppling her teacup. Or the karate kick sprung by her 4-year-old, Forrest, which Ms. Levey ducked, barely. The clincher was the full-throttle duel […]

Big sister is up and sick. Little sister is sleeping and probably sick
Lots of couch time in our future.

Little Sister - “Snow!! Fun!!”
Big Brother - “I have to pee”
Big Sister - “We’re cute … in the snow… I get it Daddy. Now can we go in?

Vacation at Grandma and Grandpa’s - January 2005
One of the silver linings in the clouds that were the events of last week - now I’m seriously forced to imagine a work / life scenario where I can earn my keep and still be around the kids. Something I’ve learned from blogging is that there is […]