Brain trots
Last day of June. The visual halfway point of 2006. Not much going on. Well, there is, but my allergies have morphed into a summer cold, so any creativity or wit I may have had at one point is slowly …
Month: June 2006
It’s Always Something, part deux
We got the preliminary report back yesterday on A’s sleep study. We’re not nuts, there’s something going on. I hate to be happy about that, but we’ve been looking for answers for years. The sleep tech said A was having …
An ode to diaper rash cream
Oh thank you, dear Butt Paste,for all that you do.‘Cause when you have diaper rash,it hurts to go poo. So when your poor tushis red, sore, and yucky,Smear on some Butt Paste,and life won’t be so sucky.
That word
“You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means.”Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride Many thanks to Karen for getting The Princess Bride to the forefront of my brain. Cliffs of Insanity and all …
This is talent?
Oh help me. Somehow the channel stayed on when I went up to put the boys to bed and came down to “America’s Got Talent.” Please help, I can’t look away. This is a car wreck. The eight-year old stand-up …
Jen’s musings on WDW
Everyone, especially parents, should go to Disney World without the kids at least once. WDW is technically for kids, but I guarantee Tom and I had MUCH more fun than any other parent there. You could tell which parents had …
Keep your kids safe
Check out The Safe Side. We have the DVD and the CD and A loves both. The DVD is hilarious and gets its point across without scaring kids. If you have young kids, go and buy them.
I’m just a girl who can’t say no
Oy. Somehow I got roped into planning and teaching preschool church camp this summer. This is not a good fit for me. It’s been a billion years since I went to church camp, I didn’t go to church until I …
Florts and Collibots!
In my ongoing quest to convince A not to use the grownup words that escape my lips, we’ve adopted Florts and Collibots!, courtesy of the book series “Flat Stanley.” Cute books, great phrase instead of “@#$%^%$*$%^*(!!!!!!!!!”, which easily describes the …
It’s always something
A had a sleep study last night. At his last ENT appointment, the doctor suggested one, due to his huge tonsils. A study was released this spring marking the correlation between large tonsils, non-restful sleep, and ADHD-like behavior. Thank GOD …