The kids are in bed, the TV is off, but we’re sitting on opposite sides of the table, me typing furiously on the NEO, Christian shuffling iPhone, bills and checkbook. I sigh irritably. This is not how we should be spending a Saturday evening. I’m tired. Really I just want to sleep. But now that…
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The Hardest Naptime I Ever Came By
They were doing so well. So far, they’ve braved a two-hour trip in a car with windows they can’t see out of; they told me when they needed bathroom breaks; they ate well in an unfamiliar house, tag-teamed their catnaps in the car, and tolerated an unexpectedly long wait at the doctor’s office. Now, at…
Read MoreMama’s On Live Radio! Quick, Time to Run Away!
Early in March, I participated in the local Children’s Miracle Network radiothon benefiting what we call in our house “Julianna’s hospital.” I’ve been meaning to write about it ever since, but I kept hoping I’d get my hands on all the photo files I wanted to share. But I finally decided to go with what…
Read MoreSearchability
One of the funniest things to do as a blogger is to see what search terms bring people to your blog. Most of the time, they’re utterly ordinary: “kate basi blog,” for instance. But included in the mix are some real gems, and today I feel like sharing a few. In case, like me, you’re…
Read MoreThings You Hear Around the Basi House, vol. 2
(For volume 1, click here.) “Honey, knives are not for two-year-olds.” “I’m gonna get you!” (You must understand, they want to be “gotten”! This seems to be the easiest way to get the kids up the stairs for bed. ) “rrrrrRRRRRAAAAAAAARRRRRR!”, accompanied by Julianna’s screams and Nicholas’s warbling giggles. (I have only myself to blame…
Read MoreStand-Up Comic or Saint in Training?
Remember the boy named “trouble”? It was Saturday afternoon and the poor kids got dragged to a special Mass with the Bishop. But it had its compensations. Alex always thinks the Knights of Columbus, with their sabers and capes and feathered hats, are worth watching. And Nicholas put on a one-toddler comedy act during the…
Read MoreIt’s Santa’s Fault (a study in parentheticals)
Image via Wikipedia Last night, we left the house for choir practice at 6:35p.m., leaving the all-important Music List lying on the kitchen table, which led to me being roundly mocked by one of the basses, who thinks we play fast and loose with the lists anyway. (“They’re more like guidelines,” we like to joke.)…
Read MoreYou Don’t Want My Love?
Things are just funnier when life has driven you to the edge. Two hours of 20-month-old crying for no reason we can fathom… Screaming over every bite of dinner, exiled to his crib for ten minutes to calm the tantrum. Bribed with a butterscotch chip for every piece of zucchini, chicken or pasta he eats (still screaming)…
Read MoreScared To Death
I really thought that November had at last settled in, and I was about to take off on novel writing. And then came this weekend. I will spare you the details. Suffice it to say, it involved a stomach virus and everyone in the family. And book signings. And NFP class. And let’s just say…
Read MoreTop Ten Things Heard Around the Basi House
You know that pig in the Geico commercial, that says “wee wee wee wee” all the way home? And the mom that looks like she’s about to start spewing ash and lava? #10. “Alex, why are you standing naked in front of the window?” #9. “Nicholas, stop putting your cereal (peas, chicken, bananas) in…
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Kathleen M. Basi 