Category: Live

  • Madeline’s fourth grade class has a designated dress up theme for every single day this week leading into the winter break. Today was “dress like your favorite holiday character or holiday item; examples: snowman, reindeer, Santa, Christmas tree, etc.”. Of course, we realized this about two minutes before she was supposed to get on the bus. She was wearing a black shirt and black pants.

    I told her to go as a lump of coal.

  • Meta-selfie?

  • Madeline’s first beignets!


  • Madeline found the Like button in Reader after I followed her blog.

  • Madeline has the sweetest ride to choir practice.

  • I finally made good on my promise to the kids to take care of flu shots this year. They’ve been asking about them for weeks now — it doesn’t hurt that they get to pick out a candy treat afterwards.

  • As Becca walks over with a cup of tea…
    Me: For me?
    Becca: Yes.
    Me: Good child.
    Becca: Best child.
    Me: Alive child.