Bedside manner?

Yesterday my son suddenly started complaining of stomach pain. Not just complaining, but lying in a chair and moaning, clutching his abdomen. This is not normal behavior. He has never had stomach pain of any kind. So? We go to the doctor, to the clinic that our HMO or PPO or WhateverO has so that […]

Pop quiz!

We’re at the store and the cashier decides to have a little fun with the boys. She would hold up things and ask them to name them. This was last weekend: Cashier: “Okay, how about this?” Boy 1: “An orange.” Boy 2: “Watermelon!” Boy 1: “Bread!” Cashier: “Close, it’s a cantaloupe.” (holds up something else) […]

Working toward the weekend

I mentioned yesterday that there is a concert Friday night that I’d like to see but we don’t have a sitter (I called and the sitter is busy) Our Friday Night options are: Take two oldest to gymnastics, keep the baby home; gymnastics runs till after 11:00 PM. Take all of them to high school […]