Nothing says fall like being pelted in the head by an acorn from an altitude of a hundred feet. Whose ingenious idea was it to put up a playscape under a canopy of oak trees, anyway?
My Nonsensical Thought of the Day
Role reversal?
Anna’s ensemble today consisted of blue pants, a “Little Sport” bib and a “Daddy’s Little Helper” Bob the Builder T-shirt. None of this sissy stuff for my girls! Now, if we could only get her brother to stop playing with her dollhouse…
Today’s mother-of-the-year moment
…receiving all of Tyler’s belongings at the completion of his preschool program, only to discover I’d been sending him to school with a “Corona Light” beach towel.
My one consolation? He was, no doubt, the coolest kid at the water table all summer.
How to make your kids’ joint birthday party interesting
…invite your liberal Democrat parents and conservative Republican in-laws. Put them around a birthday cake together and watch how quickly a Dora/ Diego theme is replaced by politics and religion. So much hot air in the room, no one had to blow out the candles!