On Monday of this week, Noah came in from outside with tears in his eyes. He had bumped his head playing, and it hurt. I gave him a long hug and suggested he take it easy for a while, which he did. I took little notice of him as he really seemed okay. It was [...]
Dave and I recently started dating again. We have been reasonably monogamous for quite some time, becoming very set in our ways. But certain opportunities presented themselves in the last few months and the temptation was just too great. Our view is that you only live once and there are so many great people in [...]
It has been about a week since they separated the fifth grade boys from the girls and told each group about half of everything they need to know about how their bodies are going to change in the next few years. And since then Noah has never smelled better. I have to hand it to [...]
Those of you who are my Facebook friends may have scratched your heads a bit yesterday when reading my status which stated: “Emily watched the world famous Princeton Tigers humble the Quakers last night.” If you saw this and didn’t scratch your head, well then I’m not sure you are worthy of my Facebook [...]
“Are you positive this is legal???” Noah asked me for the fourth time as we headed out the door early this past Saturday morning. “Yes! We live in America. You know, Land of the Free?? It is perfectly legal to speak out for what you believe in. Now hurry up!” I directed, as the entire [...]
Trouble, oh we got trouble Right here in River City! Well I don’t actually live in River City. But I do live in one of the ten best small towns in the country according to Money Magazine. But our status and way of life has been put in jeopardy with the revelation today that [...]
Last week I was working in Washington, D.C. for a few days. At around 3:30 on Thursday afternoon, a colleague and I loaded our tired selves and respective luggage into a cab and headed for Union Station. I was ready to zone out but my colleague happen to notice that the cabbie had programmed an [...]
We spent the weekend skiing and snowboarding in Vermont. Dave loves snowboarding. Noah loves snowboarding. Chase loves snowboarding. I love skiing. I really like skiing. I tolerate skiing. OK. I admit it to you MoB readers. I hate skiing. To those of you offended by the “h” word, a softer sentiment: I WOULD RATHER HAVE ROOT [...]
Mom, can I have a friend sleep over? More often than not these days, my answer to this question is “sure”. The boys have reached the age when the “sleepover” is no longer a misnomer and the kids actually sleep – albeit much less than they would if they were alone. But the deprivation damage [...]
Driving the boys to Sunday School this weekend: Noah: Mom, is Madonna a one-hit wonder? Me: No. Madonna is the opposite of a one-hit wonder. She has tons of hits. Noah (after pondering a moment): I think our band is a two-hit wonder. Me: For now. Indeed Area 51 rocked the annual school variety show [...]
