Monthly Archives: August 2010

Wednesday Wit: August 4, 2010

Wednesday Wit


Me: Ada, can I have a bite of your cinnamon-sugar toast?

Ada: Ummm…. you can make your own and have a bite of that.
Ada: Can I have more celery?
Me: No, you have to eat everything on your plate before you have any seconds. That’s the rule.
Ada: Well that’s a bad rule. Here’s my rule. When I ask for food, I can have it. Is that a deal?
(Now Chad is laughing really hard and I’m the only one parenting)
The kids went swimming with my parents and Don and Carol last weekend. Ada convinced Carol to jump
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Our Vacation

Parenting

We took the kids to my parents’ house Wednesday, and get them back today (Sunday) as our annual anniversary break. It was quiet, restful, and so much fun. Here were some of my observations:

– It was so nice to just spontaneously decide to do something, and we left right then. No hounding children to get their shoes on, breaking up fights over who’s first in line or who gets to open the car door. We just left.
– Every night I almost turned on the monitor. The kids all sleep upstairs, and we sleep downstairs. So without a
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