Today, as I was tidying the kitchen, I chided Connor for making the dog anxious. He was pretending he was going to sit on her. He explained to me "I am just teaching her not to be stressed ( Read more... )

We have been eating a lot of hard boiled eggs thanks to the new Instant Pot. My kids aren't fans of the yolks, though (just as I am not - texture thing, mainly ( Read more... )

Connor told me recently that the tea kettle "broke." I asked what had happened to it, and he said he didn't know, but it no longer whistles when water is boiling ( Read more... )

Connor is wearing the same shirt he wore yesterday, and possibly the day before. I asked if he maybe wanted to change it. He said "It's not like anyone noticed it yesterday ( Read more... )

Ah, what an adventure it’s been, raising this kid. It’s definitely time for an update, since we’ve definitely seen some changes with him. Also, it may help some of you understand why I have withdrawn from life quite a bit in the past couple of years ( Read more... )

Heh. Going out school-supply shopping for the boys. Chase groaned, "Why do I have to go ( Read more... )

Because Connor has a lot of trouble with self-regulation, it's the rule in our house that we keep a decent sleep schedule. To help with this, I've instituted a rule where the kids are allowed to play computer un-interrupted until 9:30 AM. For the most part, Connor's been up and dressed so that he can play every day ( Read more... )

Go to sleep,
Stop the pain,
Eating will not make it wane . . .

It turns out Chase's experimentation with cooking Spaghetti-O's in-can ruined the microwave after all. We got a new one, and Chase was reading the instructions out loud as Connor was fooling around with it. I was only half-listening to them ( Read more... )

Connor was out shopping with me, and we came to a display of kitchen knives. He says "Hmmm. Mom, which of these knives do you think looks most like a murder knife ( Read more... )