Therapy

Surely a fine tonic for the rush and hurly-burly life of a home-schooling soccer mom, mother of 4:

Taste as good as they look!

And a little tip, although maybe everybody else knows this already, but a good way to cut the rolled up “log” shape into individual buns is to use a piece of dental floss [...]

Humiliation

He  remembered now. It had been such a humiliation being kicked out of the scouts.  It was like being excommunicated from the Catholic Church, where a candle was ceremoniously snuffed out to signify the exclusion. In Angus Lordie’s case, the scout master had taken his woggle from him. Such humiliation. Dewoggled.  (The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, [...]

Recent Pictures

Phinehas looking quizzical:

Phinehas smiling on his heirloom quilt from his Grandma Valerie:

Monica learning to bake. Sometimes I feel that she is going to be a rather mischievious child..

We did the traditional baking soda and vinegar experiment for science last week. I’m afraid Judah was rather let down by what I had described as an “explosion.”

Judah and [...]

Found!

I went downstairs yesterday and pawed through the box of electronic relics in the basement. In amongst the old computer mice, keyboards, and numberless AC/DC converters for long-forgotten electronic equipment (where does this stuff come from? I almost believe they go off in the corner and breed..) I found an old set of computer speakers! Finally, [...]

What a Morning Can Be Like for Mother of 4 (6 and under)

Wake up before 7:00 with alert baby, planning on leaving at 8:30 to take KD and Jessie to the bus station in downtown.

At 7:30 KD reads the email from Mom telling her to get to the station by 9:00 – should leave at 8:00. AAhhhh!

Spring into overdrive, finish cooking eggs and toast for breakfast and making [...]