Amateur Hour

This recipe was posted on a forum that I visit. I thought it was a really neat way to teach kids about Easter. Charlie’s too young yet, but hopefully we’ll be able to do this when he gets older.
Easter Story Cookies
(To be made the evening before Easter)
You need:
1 cup whole pecans
1 tsp. Vinegar
3 [...]

So far Charlie is not talking much, but he does have a few words. His favorite word is, “ta.” He invented it himself. As near as we can tell, it means, “I-want-that-thing-right-now-that-thing-over-there-that-shin y /electronic/breakable-thing-with-buttons-its-mine-give-it-to -me-now-please-right-now.” He often accompanies “ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, taaaaaaaaa” with pointing or reaching, just in case we [...]

but something tells me that its time to mop the kitchen floor…

Somewhere, my mother is wondering where she went wrong.

I love Charlie’s hair. I love that its red, and I love that it has soft baby curls. But Charlie’s hair was too long, and it needed to be cut. I knew this, but I was putting it off. Joe finally convinced me that it couldn’t wait [...]

If you follow “Lost,” you know that there was a 3-month break in the middle of the season, with the promise of all new episodes (no re-runs!) in the spring. I’m still a little bitter that they take such long breaks. Don’t they know that I need to be entertained in the evenings? [...]

Joe and I are starting a new diet/exercise plan tomorrow. So tonight, we finished off the last of the cookies and ice cream, just to be safe. Clearly it would be foolish to allow that kind of temptation to remain in the house. Better to get rid of it now.

This is how I know for sure that my kid is a gift from God: He was designed to challenge any and all selfish impulses that I have, either by nature or habit. He is physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausting. While being difficult to deal with much of the time he also [...]

Charlie and I made a deal. While I put away the laundry, he would do this:

Hopefully, my skills will improve over time…we’ll see.

Growing enterprise seeks energetic manager.
Minimum Qualifications: Marriage License (not an industry standard across the board, but we highly recommend it.)
Skills: Being nocturnal helps, as well as whatever is the opposite of nocturnal (dayturnal?) at the same time. What we mean is, how long can you go without sleep? Also, being able to do [...]