Category: Milestones
The Great Ear-Piercing War
This isn’t a story about our four-year-old daughter begging for permission to have her ears pierced, working up the courage, or shrieking in the chair while a gun shot spikes of hot metal through her tender earlobes. Nope — all of that went off… Continue Reading “The Great Ear-Piercing War”
Half of my life
I was 16 when we officially became a couple on June 9, 2000 and 24 when we got married on June 9, 2008. Even I can do that math — eight years together before our wedding day, eight years since our wedding day, 16… Continue Reading “Half of my life”
Little kids, big words
He patted my head gently when he got home from school and saw I was still sick in bed with the flu. “Oh, Mom,” he started, pausing for a second to remind himself of the word he heard me use the night before. “Have… Continue Reading “Little kids, big words”
When your baby’s not a baby anymore
Our babiest baby turned four on yesterday, but anyone we’ve ran into in the past few months already knows that. “My birf-day is April twenty-fifth — two five!” she’s been announcing proudly, just in case someone was unclear on the meaning of twenty-fifth. We’re… Continue Reading “When your baby’s not a baby anymore”
Here Wii Go! Introducing your kids to video games
“I have a surprise!” I told the kids mysteriously as I dug out our dusty Wii console and basket of games. “I’m going to let you play … a video game!” They squealed happily. They’d only ever played once or twice, about a year… Continue Reading “Here Wii Go! Introducing your kids to video games”
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