Ready, Aim, Fire Your Snowball!
The boys were outside playing in the snow.
Thump. Thump.
Ready, Aim, Fire Your Snowballs… just not at the windows (or glass door)!
The boys were outside playing in the snow.
Thump. Thump.
Ready, Aim, Fire Your Snowballs… just not at the windows (or glass door)!
We were awakened today by shouts of, “It’s snowing!, It’s snowing!” as two little boys ran into our room and jumped excitedly onto our bed. Amidst giggles, Ryan and Connor rambled on and on about snowballs and snowmen… It’s days like today that I am reminded that my boys are Florida-born and bred. There wasn’t…
I spent the day pulling up sub-flooring in a New Orleans shot-gun house flooded in Hurricane Katrina. It was a long day. As I’m cleaning up for dinner, my cell phone rings. It’s Ryan. Patrick and the boys are at a conference in Baltimore. “Mommy,” he says. “Yes, Ryan?” “I have a new favorite restaurant.”…
Your kitchen is covered in saw dust. Your husband is complaining that his hand is tingling from holding the Dremel Tool for hours on end. Your kids are covered in paint. And you are purchasing food products… not to eat, but to glue onto a block of wood. Yes, it is Pinewood Derby time! Our…
I recently heard on the radio that McDonald’s was building new music-themed play areas in some of its restaurants. The company was reportedly hoping the new play areas would be a draw to families who are eating out less during the current economic crisis. And, from on-line reports of families driving two hours to…
What is he doing? Is he standing on the car? Get down, Ryan! Just kiddin’, Mom!
For several weeks now, I have watched my usually creative, imaginative young boys wander aimlessly around the house. I have listened to them whine and complain they have nothing to do, and beg multiple times in a day to play Wii or Gameboy or to watch a movie. When given suggestions of unplugged activities they…