Some Things I Said and Heard This Morning
In the distance, a plot is hatching. How can they distract me long enough for one of them to unbury the baby mud turtle from its new home in the flower pot? ...
Posts Tagged ‘avery’
I Like Dolphins and to a Lesser Degree, Computers and Avery’s Birthdays
I'll tell you this one thing: I could've stood there and watched those dolphins swim back and forth in front of me in the underwater viewing tank at Sea World for hours and hours. I know I'm not supposed to say that because Shamu killed that trainer and really those dolphins are probably thinking something ...
Birth. Day.
My middle child, my keeper of rules, my champion snuggler who starts kindergarten in less than two weeks, is five today. That’s 60 months in Dooce speak, right? I don’t have a Dear Avery-month 60 letter to post today. I’m too busy making pancakes, cinnamon applesauce and eventually (I hope) a cup of coffee, because after ...
Country Halloween: Hayrides, 90 Degree Trick or Treating, and Breakins by the Local Meth Addicts
I suppose I’m the last person on the Internet to send my Halloween pictures into the giant tubes. Yes, I only have three pictures. It’s possible I may have been a little cranky on Tuesday. In the end I had to abandon cranky because as is usually the case, my BFF’s cranky cred trumped mine. ...
Inching Toward Normal
Well. After those few nights with a sick 200-degree baby glued to my back in a king size bed while I edged further and further toward falling off the damn bed already, things are back to normal. And by normal I mean I can’t stand for her to sleep in her room anymore and for ...