Archive for the ‘Attempted Humor’ Category

Busted!

Here’s a conversation that happened a few days ago- that keeps replaying in my head and making me chuckle…
Abbie (5) to Silas (3): Wow- do you have new shoes?
Silas: Nope
Abbie to Me: Silas’ shoes look really new, but he says they’re not new.
Me to Abbie: They aren’t new, I just washed them.
Silas to everyone around: [...]

Laugh With (at) Me

It all started when my mom decided to get my dad a fancy new chair for his upstairs office.  He liked the chair he had… but Mom wanted him to have a better one.  The unassembled chair sat in a hugangous box right by the kitchen,  for 3 days… and I finally decided to intervene.  [...]

Buttons, Buttons, Buttons

I have to confess right up front- that my heart is heavy and there is a lot swirling around in my brain.  And because of that… I need some light-hearted relief.   Enter…
And so- I’ve discovered flair, which for some of you might require a little bit of explanation… for others- you can skip right to [...]

Splat part III

Do you remember my previous splats? Well- thankfully, this time it isn’t about me! So, what are the odds… yesterday while we were walking outside with Silas…he got pooped on from above- right smack on the top of his head. And tonight… no joke… we were out walking and I noticed Dave had bird poo [...]

For Everything Else… There's Motherhood

Approximate Cost of Silas’ Diapers thus far: $468.00(at 6 diapers a day for 17 months)
Approximate Cost of Diaper Wipes: $137.00
The ability to give Silas a complete diaper change at 3:30am with no lights on: Priceless

Do Not Try This At Home

I should have known better, but the box with the beautiful blond image beckoned to me. It whispered…this is what you need. After a few good doses of highlights and summer sun, I’d been looking pretty blond. And, with each passing week I was becoming more and more aware that my natural hair color continues [...]

Feats of Strength

For the past week or so- Silas has been in to demonstrating feats of strength. As I watch him…his actions speak to me about his all-boy nature. I see his need to conquer, to master, to test himself, to push himself, and to try with all his might to do the temporarily impossible. Some of [...]

SPLAT part II

It wasn’t too long ago that I had a blog-worthy day themed “Splat“… and regrettably, this is once again an appropriate heading for me… but this time it is a week’s title. Silas is still struggling to work through this nasty virus. It has moved, slowly but surely from his stomach (aka vomiting profusely) to [...]

SPLAT!!

If I was going to give the past week of my life a theme- the two leading choices would be ’splat’ and ‘bodily semi-solids.’ No doubt- this is not a post for the faint of stomach, but I’ll start you off easily. So Silas has invented this new game- where he gets a mouth full [...]

Harvest Hysterics

It all started about a month ago. I got a fall issue of a parenting magazine and looked through it with wide eyes- anticipating my favorite season of the year! The magazine had this great fall spread of how to enjoy this time of year with your little ones (okay, the ideas were for children [...]

On the lighter side

I found an old greeting card that David gave me back in 2004 at the beginning of one of the most challenging seasons of my adult life. He has such a way of bringing humor to what I experience as hardship- and he totally reminds me to experience life on the lighter side. So, in [...]