by Julie | Oct 20, 2011
Walk one centimeter behind me. Use markers in a manner which is potentially harmful to the walls and furniture. Fake cry. They think it’s hilarious. “Help” by “refolding” the laundry. I let this one go because I feel like one day it will...
by Julie | Oct 14, 2011
You know, I just don’t get it when our kids act like we’re the meanest parents on earth. Like we’re such horrible monsters for making them clean up their messes, or for not biting or hitting each other. Now, at least, when the boys act up, I’m...
by Julie | Mar 19, 2010
So, yesterday you may have noticed Eli’s nice little cozy bed. It’s in what is currently our newly-redone attic. Dave spent months finishing our attic (best part: super-insulating the roof-line, which made such an enormous difference I can’t even...
by Julie | Mar 9, 2010
Experiment for this week: put the kids to bed about ten minutes earlier every night, so that by Sunday they’ll be going to bed at the “right” time. Have any of you tried this before? I hope it works!
by Julie | Dec 16, 2009
One of the boys fiddling with something breakable. Julie: Stop fiddling with that. It’s going to break. Boy continues fiddling. Julie: I said stop. That’s going to break. Fiddling continues. Julie: Hello! Over there! STOP! It’s going to BREAK! Other...
by Julie | Nov 11, 2009
So this is the kind of parent I’ve become: I notice that the giant box of diapers has come from Diapers.com, and I carefully herd the children upstairs to bed so that they don’t see it. Then I fall asleep while putting Zuzu to bed, but manage to drag...
