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All Keyed Up
Fun Fact: Did you know that locksmiths make $43 per minute? I know that. Now. With this many people in our family, it can be hectic to leave the house, even if it’s not the entire family departing. With a variety of sports practices and kid meetings throughout the week, I’m constantly flitting to and fro. And by flitting, I mean swearing under my breath as I rush out of the house, yet again. For the most part, getting children to said activities has gone without a hitch this fall.. until THIS happened. Maybe it was inevitable, since I have a history of issues with locks and keys already. Let…
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Quit Clowning Around
We’re going to talk about the clowns, because let’s face it, 2016 has already been a bizarre year, & this particular aspect of it thus far takes the “WTF??” cake. In case you haven’t heard, clowns have been spotted in various towns & cities throughout several states now. Now while this might not seem newsworthy, these are not your cheerful, horn-honking, happy-go-lucky clowns. These are creepy clowns. Based on original news reports (let’s just take a moment & let that soak in. Clowns are NEWS now, people. Whaaaa?), this trend started in North Carolina, where several people reported clowns staring from the edge of forests, & trying to lure small…
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Movie Night Mayhem
Now that fall is here, life has gotten far busier, and it had been awhile since we’d done something “as a family”. How about a Family Movie Night? Have a Family Movie Night, they said. It’ll be FUN!, they said. (“They” lied.) This activity is more daunting than it may appear: with six kids ranging from ages 14-3, picking a movie that will interest everyone is challenging enough. But throw into the mix children that: want to narrate the entire movie. don’t listen to the movie, & then ask questions about the movie they’re not listening to. chew popcorn too loudly. spill the popcorn they’re NOT chewing too loudly all…
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Curses!
As a parent, you tend to side one of two ways on the issue of cursing: they either try to shield their children from that sort of language, or figure, “F* it! It’s a part of real life!” It’s inevitable that at some point, kids will be exposed to “bad words”. But we try & keep cursing to a minimum around our kids… the same way you try to keep a playroom neat until your kids are old enough to, well, PLAY* in it. (*throw, dump, spill, and scatter every last toy*) I say “we”, but I really mean “me” because The Captain has FAR more self-control… damn him. The…
