I am not here on Sunday mornings when the boys get dressed for church. I make a point of laying their clothes out on Saturday so they don't end up in ratty sweatpants. Shorts are fine, but nice shorts, y'know? I try for collared shirts about half the time so people know they're not actually… Continue reading Fashion Nonsense
Category: Parenting
At the Zoo
Remember how we got to fly to the North Pole? The same organization that sent us there (A Kid Again) invited us to go to Dreamnight at the Zoo in Columbus. We arrived at the zoo just before the official closing time, and headed to the picnic pavilion for our supper. We were surprised but… Continue reading At the Zoo
Adoption
Right before I left to pick Elias up from preschool today, I saw a video on Facebook of a little girl holding her baby brother for the first time. When I got to the school, I had to sit in the car for a minute and pull myself together, because I couldn't stop crying. There's nothing… Continue reading Adoption
You talkin’ to ME?
The boys and I went to a benefit dinner last night. Paul stayed home. I told the boys he wasn't going with us, and Elias said, "Papa's in trooooooouble!" (Because why else would you be forced to stay home from an outing?) He seemed pretty happy about that, for some reason. I was just happy… Continue reading You talkin’ to ME?
Well, maybe …
Elias, having discovered upon the deaths of two beloved grandparents that important people die, and that he does not at all like it when that happens, has spent a lot of time over the last year and a half being anxious like it's his job. For a while, he asked me what seemed like twenty times a… Continue reading Well, maybe …