To preface this story, Parker is riddled with bruises…because she’s Parker and she falls down a lot. She also had two run-ins yesterday. First, Anna accidentally hit her about half an inch below the left eye with the pointy end of an umbrella which caused a lot of bleeding, and then during a rousing game [...]

I’ve decided that this summer the girls have to be able to play together. Less fighting more playing. Fewer friends over and more sister time. To achieve this I’ve been turning the tv off and making them play together. The tv is evil and has a hold on Tempel’s brain that is so all consuming [...]

This was “written” with a Sharpie on the inside of Parker’s closet hidden by an absurd amount of pink and purple clothing. ‘Nuf said.

No time to blog tonight – I have to go clear a spot on my shelf for my Mother of the Year award…

So um you know how um when you come to a door? No, wait I mean um you know how when you come to a door and there’s a boy there? And so when you um come to the door and there’s a boy the boy is supposed to open the door. And um if [...]

“I waaaannnnnnaaaa ride my scooter to the paaaaaark.”

“No. We can drive there and then you can ride around the park.”

“But whhhhyyyyyy?”

“Because you’re 7 and the park’s on a busy road and you don’t listen so you’ll roll out into traffic when I tell you to stop and you’re the laziest child on the planet and [...]

Ok, so I came home from school with Tempel, Catherine (T’s friend from school) and Parker. Parker had ballet at 3:35 so I managed to get her dressed and watch Catherine eat an entire bag of Cheetos. Catherine knows things and will be trouble later in life but at the moment she’s just a whiny [...]

Tempel was sick last Thursday (diarrhea – sorry if that’s TMI) and then I got sick on Saturday (vomiting – sorry again) and Parker got sick on Monday. Parker got the worst of it because she got ALL of it. So she and I spent Monday laying in my bed in the dark with no [...]

There’s a line in the movie Broadcast News when Paul says to Jane quite sarcastically, “You’re just absolutely right and I’m absolutely wrong?” Jane nods. Paul says, “It must be nice to always believe you know better. To think you’re always the smartest person in the room.” And with a wistful look in her eye [...]