Tomorrow is Grand Master D’s 12th birthday. 12, I can hardly believe it, but more on that later. Today, Miss Gremlin wanted to make his birthday cake. She shopped for it then came home to cook. I let her.
We’re in Hurricane Lockdown
We’re here, still waiting on Hurricane Sandy. School was cancelled, so it was a lazy morning. An extended weekend. The announcement has just gone out that there will be no school tomorrow either! The winds are really starting to really pick up but we’re still waiting for any significant rain….Sandy is still 2 hours off the coast. We’re keeping the …
Sometimes It Takes A Couple of Goes to Get a Good One
October 15 was Pregnancy Loss Remembrance Day. Millions of women everywhere, every day suffer the loss of a pregnancy through miscarriage. In fact 40% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. I didn’t know that, until it happened to me. I also didn’t know how many friends around me had suffered a similar fate, until it happened to me. It’s not …
The Art of the Simple Birthday Party
We had a birthday party to attend today, it was early, it was Saturday. It was my nightmare. The venue was right in the neighbourhood. Â The original plan of mini golf…… buses and trains away, was changed seeing as the weather was turing nasty later on. I was secretly pleased. Is that mean? Was I being a grouch?
The Room Magic Continues……………
After his sick day off school and finishing the homework I made him do anyway, Grand Master D started teaching his sister the lattice method of multiplication and algebra! I haven’t seen this in a very long time… they are working together, using the chalk board they haven’t used for ages. The room magic continues……….it’s amazing 🙂 I have no …
The New Kid Haven
I spent the weekend painting the kid’s room. Now that we’ve rearranged it and they have their own space it was time to get some paint on the walls. It’s never been painted since we moved in. With them having bunk beds and lots of shelving there really wasn’t much wall space showing anyway. But finally I bit the bullet …
Did You Ever Want to be a Turtle?
Today is yucky, it’s pouring rain……total cats and dogs pouring! All the lights are on in the house because it’s so dark. Little Miss Gremlin is home sick and Sir Lickalot is pacing like a caged lion but refuses to go out onto the terrace and I’m puddleducking* outside for no dog. So here we are ……..set for one of …
Why I Haven’t Watched TV in a Week
We are a techno family, we’re early adopters of technology, we’re on the cutting edge. Ok when I say ‘we’ I’m totally using the Royal ‘WE’. What I mean is The King is a techno man, he’s an early adopter of technology, he gets all the beta tests of programs to try. I get the benefits of this by association. …
Working on the Now, While Feeding into the Future
I read an amazing post recently on respect, teaching respect, gaining respect. How it’s a two way street. It reminded me of all the things I know and have learned over the years, reading all the books on child raising, that I just forgot. And in all honesty, haven’t used much lately. Solving the problems and having a harmonious household …
Lighten Up People and Smile
There is so much angst in the world right now. It’s like the planet is collectively pissed off! What’s the deal? Mercury isn’t in retrograde, there’s no full moon, no major disaster. Sure, European economies are floundering like a beached whale without rescuers. I know it’s been a long hot summer in the northern hemisphere and the south is a bit …