This, That, and the Mother Thing

So, when I obsess over a post over a period of time, writing and rewriting it in my head while I try to sleep, I figure it's actually a ...

OH LOVELY!!! I'm sick now. And the twins' O2 is lower than we're comfortable with to send to school. Also, apparently, it ...

I am NOT the queen of pneumonia.  But with all three children diagnosed with pneumonia (X-Ray validation and all!!!), I do consider myself t...

Ugh. This should be a Facebook post, but I have too much to whine. AAAAARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!  Bridget is the one who is supposed to have o...

So let me start this by recognizing that YOUR children do not get as sick as mine. I get it. I fully understand that you and the vast ma...

You know how, when you're really cool, you quote phrases to show people that you've seen them and you're cool? Well, considering...

The twins are doing GREAT in re-K (what we're calling this year of repeating Kindergarten).  They are going so well, that--I have to be ...

We had our family camping trip last week.  We started at an academic conference in Pittsburgh, PA, an amazingly beautiful city. Although the...

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...