There they go, just a walking down the street. Singing Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum...
This school year, we had a dilemna. Are Eric and Greg are old enough to walk home from school alone? After going back and forth (and back and forth and back and forth), we decided yes. Since we live...
View ArticlePunctua-moticon
Gone are the days of the terms “semi-colon,” “colon,” “left parentheses,” and “right parentheses.” Greg was playing around in Microsoft Word and referred to them as “wink,” “shift eyes,” “shift frown,”...
View Article“We hit bullying hard”
At a school orientation meeting a couple of years ago, during the guidance counselor’s spiel to the parents about the wonderment of middle school, she proclaimed “we hit bullying hard in 6th grade.”...
View ArticleMother Flipping Day
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View ArticleOnce In Two Blue Moons
Bummer. I just realized that tonight is the rare second full moon of the month. The Blue Moon. I missed out on doing all those things I always say I do once in a…well, you get it. Now I have to...
View ArticleLost control of the remote control
That awkward moment when you realize the kids have left the room and you are watching Spongebob alone. And you still don’t change the channel. “No Patrick, they are laughing next to us.” ~Spongebob “It...
View ArticleBrother, can you spare a dime? Or quarter?
Me: “So did you and Greg decide to switch chores?” Eric: “No.” Me: “But I’ve seen Greg feeding the pets a lot recently” Eric: “I know. I give him a quarter to do it.” Me: “But we pay you more than a...
View ArticleTales of a Tattle
Greg: “Eric called me a snitch.” Me (to Greg): “Just tell him that’s not nice.” Me (to Jim): “He is snitching about being called a snitch. Do you see the irony here??” A minute later… Greg: “Now he...
View ArticleBoy Logic
Greg: Mooommm, Eric kicked me in the face!!! Eric: No, I kicked you in the arm!! Greg: Yeah, but that made my hand hit my face. Eric: So….basically you punched yourself! The post Boy Logic appeared...
View ArticleA Real Pain in the Coccyx
It isn’t often that a broken bone is funny. Unless, of course, the bone has a funny name. And the patient is a 13-year-old boy. Jake literally got knocked on his butt last night during his football...
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