Ah, my son, the ladykiller: Exhibit A: Alex, sitting at the dinner table, looks out the window and sighs dreamily. “Mommy, I love C____ soooooo much!” Mommy and Daddy exchange a look and bite back giggles. Exhibit B: Taking advantage of a brief mild interlude, we go outside to play, where we discover the little…
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How To Get In Trouble With the TSA (WFMW)
1. Travel with a kid who plants his feet and says stubbornly, “No! I WON’T take my jacket off! I WON’T take my shoes off!” 2. Travel with a cute little girl who likes to play hard-to-get. She’ll pretend that she’s walking through the metal detector to you, only to turn around mid-arch and run…
Read MoreOccupational Hazards of Motherhood
There are occupational hazards to motherhood. “Mommy, I haven’t got to pway with you in SIXTEEN YEARS,” Alex declared upon arriving home from a two-hour playdate with his friend down the street. The trouble was, he was right. I hadn’t played with him all week. At all. Too many sick kids. Meetings. Errands. Housecleaning. But…
Read MoreOkay, so since everybody’s looking…
The hits are jumping skyward so clearly people are jumping over from Facebook, expecting updates on Julianna. 🙂 Well, the vaporizer failed us at last, and Julianna went to the hospital tonight. We managed to keep her home for almost 10 days, so that’s something. I was putting her seat in Christian’s truck tonight when…
Read More“Bad Kitty” days
Christian just sent this to me, and I thought it was funny enough to post. Trust me, I have my own reflection on the last two days half-composed. Stay tuned for tomorrow. In the meantime… “Bad Kitty ” Days, by Christian Basi Yesterday was: I LOST my tie FOUGHT with the insurance company SCRAMBLED…
Read MoreI don’t understand-vol. 3
I don’t understand how they get store-bought bread to rise in a perfect rectangle. Whoever heard of yeast rising in right angles? I don’t understand how the car companies, in the summer of ’08 (when gas was $3.99 a gallon) could keep a straight face when they claimed that “gas has never been cheaper.” I…
Read More1+1+1 (squared)
They say that the hardest transition in parenting is not from 0 to 1, or from 1 to 2, but from 2 to 3. I’ve always thought people were being melodramatic about it. It’s irrational, and I can’t abide irrational things. I’m in the middle of parenting three little ones now, so I can’t be…
Read MoreThe Coolest Little League Game Ever
Christian has been coming home for the last three days talking about nothing but “improv everywhere.” A few minutes ago, he called me over to read/watch this one…Behold, the coolest Little League game ever. 🙂 http://improveverywhere.com/2008/04/07/best-game-ever/
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I don’t understand why, if the whole floor is clean except for one book, Alex has to step on it. I don’t understand the wanton destruction wreaked by three children on a play date. Mess is one thing, but to simply run around and sweep everything off the shelves, dump every single item out of…
Read MoreThe Absurdity of it All
I am standing at the changing table trying to plan a visit with an old friend while changing Nicholas, who is screaming because he’s been made to wait fifteen minutes to eat, because I had the other two at the pool, where Julianna initiated the water by pooping in her diaper, which caused me to…
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Kathleen M. Basi 