Last summer I got a wake up call. My five-year-old son, Jack, was on a raft in the shallow end of a friend’s pool. My two-year-old was with another mom in a floaty. I had my eagle eye on Jack, pacing back and forth from the side of the pool, but after a while I [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 10, 2008
Things I Love To Hate About Rainy Days
I wish I had some fun and witty things to write, but I have rain on the brain and this is all I could come up with.
When I was in my 20’s and it would rain, I loved:
To sleep in and stay in bed as long as I wanted
To rent “chick flicks” and enjoy every [...]
January 4, 2008
A Tree, A Rubber Mallet and A Toy Rocket
A couple of days before Christmas my husband and I finish getting our boys a couple of presents. My husband disappears in the toy store and returns with a Tandem-X Launch Set. He is giddy and excited and tells me how much our oldest son will enjoy it. I’m no dummy. I can see the [...]
January 2, 2008
California Science Musuem, Boeing 747, and Tangerines
This weekend my son and I flew to southern California to visit my mother. It was Jack’s first time on an airplane and it excited and delighted him. His words were, “this is so cool, mom”. Once we landed and got to grandma’s house we spent time catching up with grandma and then getting ready [...]
