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.
Hurrah for the Paper Plates
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Sunday, February 05, 2012
Do you ever get absurdly happy about little things?
Today after Mass our kids had a passel of friends over.
This was wonderful: something I love about our little neighborhood is that it’s walkable, and within blocks of our parish, so it’s natural for the neighbor kids to gather at one or another of their homes after Sunday Mass.
Today it was our place, which was fine except for the minor crisis posed by lunch.
We forgot to run the dishwasher last night, and hadn’t had time before church to do the breakfast dishes, so there wasn’t a clean plate in the house.
“Am I really going to have to wash all the dishes before I feed these kids?” I was sighing to myself.
(Job’s lament from today’s readings came to mind: “Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?”
But soft! What is that glint of red in the pantry?
Leftover paper plates—exactly enough, as it turned out, for the number of diners.
My day was made.
Games for Moms
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Tuesday, November 22, 2011
I have a game I like to play with myself these days. I call it How Much Would You Pay for a Nap?
“Self,” I ask, “how much would you pay to have someone come take over all your responsibilities for a few hours so you could have a nap?”
If things are running smoothly, I decide I’d part with no more than 50 bones. On a rough day, like when I have a headache and the babies are fussy, I consider giving... READ MORE
Silly Kid-isms
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Last night our two-year-old had a small meltdown, which is not unusual. He yelled “I don’ wan’ dat! I don’ wan’ dat!” over and over.
I ignored him (these things pass quickly) and then was suddenly sad when I realized what he was saying.
Blaise caught on to things like pronouns surprisingly early (unlike Camilla, who went around for months asking, “Pick you up?”) but has had trouble with negative syntax.... READ MORE
Cheese Or Font?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Friday, March 25, 2011
Got a minute or two to waste on this feast day?
Can you tell the difference between dairy products and type fonts?
Carmen Miranda Cake
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Tuesday, November 24, 2009
I can’t decide if this cake plate is a really fun something I would love to have…
...or an abomination unto my soul.
It’s actually part of a three-tiered set, which you can see here. (Below the main image.)
What say you?
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