Archive for the 'Kids say the darnedest things' Category
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“10 minutes till bedtime!”
I only wish that’s how bedtime went in this house. I’d even take truckloads of hamsters parading through the house if it meant that the girls actually got to bed on time.
Seriously. I’d even vacuum up all the poop pellets.
Tacy and CJ almost never go to bed on time. And it’s not usually because they’re [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on March 14th, 2009 tagged Bwahahaha!, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie, Miss Mousie, The king of beers, Who me? | 6 Comments »
Telling stories
When I used to fill in at Tacy and CJ’s old pre-school, I heard from more than one teacher about the lively tales told by their kids. Sometimes those stories got personal enough – and racy enough – that the teachers had a little difficulty looking parents in the eye when they arrived to pick [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on March 5th, 2009 tagged Daring you to disagree, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie, Miss Mousie | 6 Comments »
Tacy’s mom has got it goin’ on
My mother rarely volunteered at my school or in my extra-curricular activities. She volunteered in other capacities (such as…gulp…Junior League), but the room mother gig just wasn’t for her.
I didn’t mind. Other kids loved having their mothers chaperone field trips and plan class parties, and their mothers loved doing those things. Not me, and not [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on February 10th, 2009 tagged Bwahahaha!, Dirtying up other corners of the web, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie, Who me? | 7 Comments »
Mommy, you don’t love me
Thursday morning, I kind of lost it.
Tuesday and Thursday mornings are always a little rough; CJ has to be at speech therapy by eight, which means all five of us have to be semi-presentable by seven forty-five. That shouldn’t be all that difficult, but it almost always is.
For one, I have yet to remember to [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on February 8th, 2009 tagged Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Mousie, Who me? | 14 Comments »
She’s got a way about her
Dear CJ,
Happy birthday! You turned four on Saturday, but by no means is that your biggest accomplishment of the past year. Your metamorphosis since your last birthday is nothing short of incredible.
Sure, you talk. A lot. Perhaps too much sometimes. You go pee in the potty. You write your name and draw recognizable pictures. You [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 25th, 2009 tagged Kids say the darnedest things, Look at me, look at me!, Miss Mousie | 16 Comments »
The magnitude of this milestone
This weekend, Tacy was telling me what she’d learned about Martin Luther King Jr. in school the past week. “He made a lot of important speeches,” she reported.
“That’s true,” I agreed. “But do you know why they were important?”
There began yet another discussion of civil rights.
It’s ground that we’ve covered before – not just on [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 19th, 2009 tagged Daring you to disagree, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie | 15 Comments »
If you say so
One afternoon last summer, Tacy came in from playing outside, looking frustrated. I asked her what was wrong.
“I don’t like it when my friends say things that I know aren’t true,” she complained. “When I say, That’s not true! they keep saying it is. I don’t like that.”
I smiled at her. “Yeah, that’s pretty annoying. [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 16th, 2009 tagged Daring you to disagree, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie, Who me? | 15 Comments »
Music therapy
I’m sitting at the piano, pounding away happily at “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”. Tacy is sitting beside me on the bench.
T: Why are you playing a God song?
Me: Because I like it. Some of my favorite Christmas carols are the religious ones. Beautiful music, fun to play.
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We have a new piano.
I [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on December 5th, 2008 tagged Daring you to disagree, Home on the range, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie, Who me? | 19 Comments »
Transition
When I was pregnant with Tacy, I read about the stages of labor. Every time I reached the stage called “transition”, I had to shut the book. Just reading about it was enough to induce nausea.
During my labor with Tacy, I never made it anywhere near the transition stage. My guts were piled on a [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on August 28th, 2008 tagged Home on the range, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie | 20 Comments »
She’s just three
My mother always told me that three was a wonderful age: “Oh, I loved it when you were three. You were so much fun. I wanted you to stay three forever.”
She always sounded really sincere, but now that I’ve had two three year olds of my own, I’m wondering if she wasn’t just [...]
