Baby Needs His Zs
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, April 26, 2012
I thought Ambrose needed a nap, but I couldn’t get him to sleep. I have a cold, so I left him in the care of my (oh so kind and generous) sister and went to take a nap of my own.
He WAS tired, it turned out. Look at this hilarious footage she got of him. I think at one point, near the end, you can actually hear him snore.
Ring Gone? Suit Up!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Friday, November 11, 2011
A woman’s husband accidentally throws away her treasured engagement ring. Woe! But then he volunteers to comb the landfill for it. Hero! And then he actually finds it. Wonder of wonders!
Did I mention she’s also pregnant?
It’s like a fairy tale, albeit a slightly off-beat one. Everything about this story made me smile, right down to the compassionate attitude of the garbage plant manager. Read the whole thing here.
Taking License
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, November 08, 2011
If you are familiar with the Creighton method of Natural Family Planning, you will get a big laugh from this clever license plate. Very funny.
Don't Mess With Michael
Posted by DariaSockey in Faith on Thursday, September 29, 2011
A true story.
When my husband was in grad school getting his M.A in philosophy, he lived in a guest house of a religious order, along with several of his friends. There was a small statue of St. Michael in a niche in the hallway. It was the typical pose, based on that famous painting where Michael is standing on the neck of Lucifer and brandishing a spear.
There was also something on his head that,... READ MORE
Spare Us!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, February 25, 2011
We recently found carpenter ants in our house, so an exterminator came and baited for them. Since the bait does much of its work when the ants take it back to the nest, we were instructed not to touch or spray any ants that we saw around the house.
Recently Camilla, sitting on the floor, saw one and yelled for me to come and squish it.
“I can’t,” I said. “They told us not to kill them.”
A second later, my husband and I were treated to our daughter’s best scornful face (tilted head, raised eyebrows) as she told me, “Silly Mama! Ants can’t talk!”
But, as a friend of mine commented when I related the story: if the ants could talk, that is probably what they would say.
A Father's "Lamentations"
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, February 07, 2011
What would happen if a regular old dad wrote his household rules in the style of the laws of the Old Testament?
Apparently it would be pretty funny. Because someone did it, and it is.
This article at the Atlantic, which was published in 1997 but is no less witty for being fourteen years old, begins: “Of the beasts of the field, and of the fishes of the sea, and of all foods that are acceptable in my sight you may eat, but not in the living room.”
It just gets better from there. If you need a laugh, here it is: “Laws Concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father” by Ian Frazier.
More Laughs With Brian Regan
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Monday, August 09, 2010
I got a hugely positive reaction when I posted a video featuring a comedy act from Brian Regan on my own blog (especially from my kids, most of whom now have the video memorized). So I decided to look for some other clips of his stuff to share here.
Brian grew up in a large family—one of eight children. There’s a lot of his stuff on YouTube, but this hilariously accurate bit about kids’ party games... READ MORE
Pretty… Boys?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, July 29, 2010
A college friend of mine came from a family of six girls followed by two boys.
She told me a story of a time her father came home and his son tripped into the room to meet him. He’d been playing dress-up with his sisters, and he was decked out in a skirt, heels, and jewelry: the whole dress-up package.
Apparently this kind of dress-up was a common occurrence in their home (with six girls, of course... READ MORE
All Awkward, All the Time
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Okay.
So perhaps spending 30 minutes browsing the photos at AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com and wiping away tears of laughter is not the best use of my time.
But its newly announced sister site? AwkwardFamilyPetPhotos.com? Now that’s a vital resource we would all do well to take advantage of more often.
Susan Boyle - And the Magical Folding T-Shirt
Posted by Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC in Family on Sunday, April 26, 2009
I have to tell you that I am one of the 45 million viewers of Susan Boyle who is totally sold by her YouTube performance. But there is one little problem with the Susan Boyle story.
Everyone has already seen it.
My sister Euli was over with her husband and three kids. I thought here is my chance to find someone who hasn’t seen Susan yet! I mean my sister is a working mom who spends so much time on... READ MORE
