You’re the boss, Brandice

My Lines.

By The Boss ⋅ April 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Friday night, my niece Anne spent the night. She wrote a poem for us. I looked for it all weekend, and couldn’t find it. Then tonight, when I wasn’t looking, I found it. Yay. My Lines- by Anne age 7 Hello Darling, Mom said. And after, they went to bed. In the morning, the sun [...]

She tired.

By The Boss ⋅ April 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This is possibly the first time I have relaxed in 4 days. It has been a whirlwind around here. Friday I ate lunch with Aidan at her school. This is always entertaining to me, because kindergartners talk A LOT and tell you everything. The trick is not to get whiplash from trying to keep up [...]

Strange Happenings

By The Boss ⋅ April 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

OK, This weird thing is happening with my posts. It appears that my blog is deciding it would like more random catergories added to my blog posts. This is causing my posts to show up twice, and in the wrong place. I’ll try to fix that.

One…Two…Three…

By The Boss ⋅ April 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Do you count to 3 when you’re trying to get your children to obey you? Someone was asking me this yesterday. I’ve tried this strategy…maybe twice since I’ve had children. Both times went exactly the same way. “Clean your room!” “We’re playing robots!” “You need to clean your room” “OK” ::5 minutes later:: “Clean. Your. [...]

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By The Boss ⋅ April 20, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Yesterday, I realized that I will be 46 when Zoe is 18. That seems so weird to me. Not because that’s an old age, but because my mom was 39 when I was 18. When my mom was 46 I had 2 kids and another on the way. It just seems so strange. Now, here [...]

Ingenuity

By The Boss ⋅ April 16, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Even the adult boys I know will pee outside if that’s where they are when they feel the urge. I realized a little while back, that idea had not occurred to my boys yet. Then yesterday, Aidan came inside and told me a very interesting story about her brother. “Andrew peed in a cup and [...]

They do say the darndest things.

By The Boss ⋅ April 3, 2009 ⋅ One comment

This morning, we were sitting in the waiting room at the doctor’s office. Everything was going fine. Zoe was in her stroller just hanging out. Andrew and Zion were enjoying the fact they had my complete attention for a while. They got to take turns sitting in my lap, and manipulating my face with their [...]

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