This, That, and the Mother Thing

We received the letter from the twins' school yesterday:  the twins will be held back for Kindergarten.  I know I must be 1 in a million...

So everything is fine. In fact, everything is so fine, we've stopped Bridget's antibiotics. Based on worries and suggestions, we...

So back from the second doctor's visit in two days.  Bridget has some pain in her "waist" (really, her ribs) when she breathes...

Dadgummit! I forgot the funniest part of spraining my boob, I mean, self-diagnosing with Mondor's disease. When I first started sear...

It has been tough here in the Mother Thing household.  As I was telling a friend yesterday, Conor is the only one who doesn't have somet...

So we've gone through three weeks of our Kazdin's Positive Parenting Reboot to keep Christopher from throwing a tantrum.  We have le...

So, last Friday we started our first "Parenting Intervention" with one of the children.  Specifically, Christopher, aka Kit (mainl...

Spring is finally arriving in Charlotte.  We've been spreading mulch and,for the first time, I have successful tomato, pepper, and eggpl...

Yes, it was expensive.  It's probably one of the more expensive vacations we've ever taken.  But that, my friends, is not saying muc...

For the first time as a family, and as a first time in my life, we are going skiing. The reason this is a big deal (beyond the obvious tha...

This morning, I just really need to catch my breath for just a moment. Since Christmas, I have been exceptionally busy with two conference...

I know the only people reading a blog on a Friday night are goobers who don't have plans  beyond a few glasses of wine and a family movi...

I've noticed a trend among mother' named Anita with crazy curly hair.  Ok Me. This is all me.  This all crazy me.  This is all crazy...

I do not want to hysterically claim that  Bridget has EV D68!! Bridget has EV D68!! We have no idea.  It's *possible* she does. And she ...

Yesterday was busy. It started, work-wise, with a very exciting validation of a model I've been working on for 3 years . Honestly, I tr...

I  took the twinnies  to the Nutcracker yesterday.  It's actually  the first  time I've  ever seen it in person and it  was wonderfu...

Conor didn't know about Stampy's death until he came home last night. In the morning, he had told  me he was worried that Stampy was...

Ugh. Shit. Ugh. Stampy Longnose, the final  gerbil from  Conor's  birthday died  this morning.  And unfortunately, we  can't  ...

Wow!  Two blog  posts in two  days!   And it's  the second of December.  Maybe I'll  make NoMoRoPo (or  whatever it  is for  writing...

It has been an extremely stressful fall.  Dave's father passed.  A very good friend  of mine's  father unexpectedly passed way too y...