Kids Say the Darndest Things

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Any parent will tell you that their child just happens to be both the cutest and funniest kid in the entire world.  I am definitely no different.  I get a kick out of the things that my daughter comes up with and the things that she says. I thought I’d share with you some of the [...]

Don’t Bring That In Here!

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I want to get this out. It has been torturing me for years and it’s finally time to confess; I am terrified of Care Bears. My friends know this, but they don’t understand the severity. As a joke this past Christmas, my mother bought my sons Care Bears magnet in their favorite colors and I [...]

Um, the dog ate it?

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I’m late submitting my post this week; so, so shamefully late.  This takes me back to my school days when I consistently managed to never hand a piece of homework in on time (or ever).  I never seemed to get into too much trouble for it.  Maybe the teachers recognised a lost cause when they [...]

The Perpetual Angst Of The Middle Child

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We have four children, but given the fact that my eldest daughter lives predominantly with her father, we only have three at home on a regular basis. Three boys, very close in age, very different in demeanor. I never believed that ‘Middle Child Syndrome’ existed until my three year old son, Mercutio, began to exhibit [...]

When Does Teasing Become Bullying?

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My youngest son came home from the bus stop in tears on Friday. Little J has a high functioning form of autism and is mainstreamed into the seventh grade in middle school. I have been wondering when the other kids would clue into this and think it was fun to upset him, because middle school [...]

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