Time for some updates on the kids. ___1___ Alex received a “cultivation station” from a white elephant at a Christmas party. What’s that, you ask? Something about growing plants? Well…sort of. It’s about growing…bacteria. I have to admit this whole thing makes me a little queasy, considering the overwhelming number of illnesses we’ve dealt with…
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How Do You Power Down Your Brain?
I’ve said before that I’m obsessed with sleep. This is because i don’t get enough of it, though not for lack of trying. I go to bed at 9:30, I take naps during the day when it gets bad…but I don’t sleep well. In these latter days, I can blame it on kids (last night’s…
Read MoreMysteries
There are many mysteries in the world. Like my computer, which for some reason decided recently to require Control-Alt-Delete before giving me my login screen, after eighteen months of bringing it up automatically. The fact that Java has to be given permission every single morning to “make changes to my computer” since I downloaded an…
Read MoreNot Yet
Every January there’s a day or two like this: shorts weather in the middle of frozen weeks. Days when we open the windows and let the humidity in, sniffing the air and saying, “Oh right, that’s what that feels like.” In the afternoon, I put shoes on the kids and we trek outside to scooters…
Read MoreMichael Mayhem
I capitulate, and confess: my fourth-born has officially outstripped my third-born for the title of Trouble. In fact, he has a new name: Michael Mayhem. And he’s so quiet about it, too. You never know it’s happening until it’s a fait accompli. I took Alex to his piano lesson yesterday afternoon–with all four kids in…
Read MoreMoto Perpetuo
He never stops moving these days. I could spend my entire day, every day, following him around the house and taking things away from him. Church is a one-hour wrestling match that leaves my upper arms feeling trembly and jelly-ish. I try not to assume that everyone in church is there to watch my family,…
Read MoreTo Boo Boo, Upon Turning One (a 7QT post)
one…. How does a name like “Boo Boo” become associated with a child, anyway? Perhaps the same way this child… becomes this one… two… It’s my name for him, no one else’s, although Nicholas has tried to adopt it. I have all manner of permutations, every one you can imagine: boo boo, baby boo, boo…
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___1___ Alex and Nicholas have been adorable lately. They’re playing Batman, Transformers, and Lego together as if they’re not 4 years apart in age. It makes me all mushy inside. ___2___ Nicholas’ first-ever homework assignment was to complete an “all about me” page. It took us a tour of the color wheel to determine his…
Read MoreBack-To-School Takes
___1___ We went to the pool on Wednesday. I put one toe in the water and realized pool season is over. Amazing, what ten days of cool weather can do. We washed all the suits and are officially retiring the pool until 2013. ___2___ I’ve been feverishly juggling end-of-summer, beginning-of-schoolyear commitments with DEADLINES. Which is…
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Kathleen M. Basi 