Until your kids can read, it’s easy to talk about whatever you want right in front of them. You just have to spell it. It’s a lot more challenging once your only option is talking above their vocabularies. It’s doable—for example, this morning when Lea and I were talking about Aaron’s birthday, a “Lego gift … Read more
Well, the peace treaty lasted until about 9:15 this morning. Twelve weeks to go! So, say some yo-yo slices his left thumb open with a tomato knife, and it bleeds a lot, but 20 minutes of pressure stops it, and the cut is clean enough to fit back together perfectly (no apparent kerf, ha ha), … Read more
Some days, your blog writes itself. I came home to discover this on the linen closet door, between the boys’ rooms: They were all already gone to Vacation Bible School when I arrived, so I don’t yet know what precipitated this. I hope it wasn’t too bad. VBS week is a somewhat draining experience for … Read more