Entries from February 2006

February 28, 2006

The Ultimate Sacrifice

This was 12 years in the making, people. I swore I would never do this. My first husband couldn’t even get me to do this, and he begged. I did laundry instead. I’d watch the kids to avoid it. What is this thing I ran away from for so long?
Dungeons and Dragons.
My in-laws remember this [...]

February 28, 2006

Wishing on an FCAT Star….

M’s taking the FCAT this week and next week for 5th grade. So far he’s had the reading portion, which I think is his weakest subject. Not that he doesn’t like to read, he really does, but he has some difficulty retaining the subtext he reads. Fictional stories and comprehension of the moral or lesson [...]

February 28, 2006

Human Kindness via e-mail

Thanks to Uncle Bob for posting this, this is definitely spam I wouldn’t have minded reading had my spam blocker not caught it. We need more stories like this instead of the other junk I get in my e-mail.
Enjoy!
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TWO CHOICES
What would you do? You make the choice! Don’t look for a punch line; There [...]

February 21, 2006

Birthday Babysitting

Before I begin, I’m going to say that most of this post is going to be a rant. There are some things in here about the birthday party, but something happened during the party that was so shocking, so appalling, that it has sort of overshadowed the party.
So here goes:
Shash’s Party Checklist
Saturday Afternoon…..checkChips and dips………checkStreamers [...]

February 21, 2006

You Are Four!

Happy (belated) Birthday, Doodlebug!!
It seems like just yesterday I freaked your father out by calling him at his hotel in Galveston to tell him we were going to bring you into the world. It was so much fun this weekend to celebrate turning four with you, I didn’t get to post this until [...]

February 17, 2006

Mommybits 2/17/06

Some random thoughts and things that happened this week:

If you have kids, and their birthdays fall during the school year, chances are you have brought cupcakes or something similar to your child’s class. Since both of my kids are in Elementary School, and both have birthdays that fall during the school year (I think me [...]