The Belly Which Launched a Thousand Ships Turns Ninja
My first granddaughter was born yesterday. 7 lbs 5 oz, the image of her Mama at the age of just barely new to the world. She came like the winds […]
Tag Archives: kids
How I Learned The Art of Successful Procrastination, Accountability and Commitment
My youngest daughter, the lovely Miss Magpie, turned 9 yesterday. Not a milestone birthday as they typically go but with kids they are all a big deal, and should be […]
Romantic Monday Platonic Style; A Boy and His Broccoli
Bubbsy Bansnoodle Won’t Eat His Broccoli, Unless It’s Properly Dressed. Bubbsy Banznoodle is sitting at the table He is looking positively forlorn He won’t smile or giggle, says he’s not able […]
The Gift of Giving – The Fourth Holiday Mental Moment
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas dum de dum da dee…. diddle e bum day da dee de do … Oh sorry, I didn’t see you there, I […]
Sitting Here Watching Airplanes
It is that time of year when people go to great lengths to be with family members for the holidays. I mean literally. Some travel thousands of miles every year, […]
Graham’s Cracker Crumbs – The Mute Button
Well My baby grandson is almost 10 months old can you believe it? I can’t remember I think the last time we checked in with you (he and I ) […]
Boys and Their Moms
On this day in the year 2000 I know exactly where I was and what I was doing. Laying on my back with my legs in the air screaming……; oh.. […]
Magpie’s Treasure; Sea Turtles
Today, Miss Magpie is going to tell us about sea turtles and how they lay their eggs. I am especially happy she did this week’s feature as they are out […]
What is it about Buckets?
The other day when I was perusing the blogs I follow, a little overwhelmed by the catching up I need to do I popped over to Edward Hotspur‘s blog and […]
Meet Gracie and Bubbsy, They are Quite a Pair
Magpie and I have a Mother Daughter Journal that has things in it for mothers and daughters to do together, which I guess is what you would expect from a […]
Magpie’s Treasure; The Creek
Time once again to see what Miss Magpie has to offer. Following is a little story, by my understanding, took place when they were with their father this summer. There […]
Magpie’s Treasure; DeLight in This Child
A note dear Readers, Miss Magpie was so excited about her debut post last week and mulled and stewed for this week with a few starts and stops with ideas. […]
Magpie’s Treasure
As you may or may not know One of my offspring the 8 yo, is the eqivelent of a Magpie in that she likes sparkly things and will take any […]
Insanity or Optimism? Mid-Afternoon Mental Moment
I just checked my account again, for about the 800th time this week, just to see if maybe my child support is there…. I have hope. Much of the time […]
