My Son - The Dalai Lama of 7 Year Olds

Sometimes I am amazed at the things that are thought in the little brain of my J.  My doodle-bug.  Doodle for short. 
One moment, he can be running like a crazed man around the basement with any of his number of plastic swords pretending to be battling against the enemies of the Jedi, or over-sized made-up [...]

I’m Growing a Computer Geek

So, a good while ago (like months ago) Dave set up a GMail account for J.  I think it may have been as a secondary contact e-mail for his Webkinz account or something, but whatever.  As far as we knew, he didn’t really know about the account and I mean after all, he’s 7, does [...]

Curse of the Large Teeth

So, Jamison has lost one of his two top front teeth, and the second one is loose.  His bottom front two came out at the same time as well.  The interesting thing to me is how freaking large the hole is where his tooth came from.  Good Lord.

 We fear that he is going to end [...]

It’s In The Hole!

I have already spoken about how Alexa decided she wanted to try girls golf in High School next year.  Personally, I was very exicted about this.  I love golf, although I don’t play nearly as much as I’d like, and my father LIVED for golf, so this makes me happy.
I had been promising her that [...]

Somehow I Don’t Think Mickey Would Approve

A few days ago, while watching TV and enjoying a nice cold adult beverage, J wandered over and picked up the little metal bottle top that was sitting on the table next to me.  Any of you with kids may know that occasionally the Disney Channel will feature random kids and their collections between shows.  [...]

A Movie was a Bad Choice

So, last night I decided to go on a “date” with Jamison. It was actually a nice evening for the most part. We had dinner at Steak & Shake. Yummy burgers and milkshakes. We did the kid’s crossword together and he wore the dorky hat. I even gained back some [...]

Why are Kids So Darn Funny?

I have two funny kid stories to share today. One involves my son, and sadly is not the funniest of the stories. The other was told to my husband over this past weekend. I’d love to credit the grandmother who told the story, but I have no idea who she is. [...]

The Longest Day . . . Ever

Good Lord. I thought as I fell into bed last night that it had been the longest day ever. Then today came and proved me wrong.
J survived his first wrestling tournament. He didn’t win any of his three matches, but he only got pinned once and one of his losses was actually [...]

One a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

Delicious!

Nothing more delicious than a freshly picked apple. We go every fall to a local farm and pick apples from the orchard and pumpkins from the patch. We all get our annual intake of apples that day. We each eat 3-4 while picking and then a couple more while driving to [...]

The End of Innocence

J-Man is my first (and only) boy, so I am not sure about the rules on this, but I was really hoping that his dreams of growing up to be all the things he saw on TV and in the movies would last longer than 6 years. Up until this week he wanted [...]