Okay, I’m probably going to parenting hell for this, but I swear he begged to wear my earrings and then asked me to take a picture:

Granted, he didn’t say anything about posting it on the Web, but he’ll need fodder for therapy someday anyway.

Have you ever noticed how many freaking bags and backpacks you use once you’re a parent?
Last night I had to prepare three bags for Lawrence to take to preschool today. One had his sheet and blanket for nap-time, which I have to take home on Fridays and wash over the weekend, and then of course […]

All parents know this look. It’s the look they have on their faces when they’re thinking of doing something that they’re not supposed to do, right?
I still don’t know what he was plotting.

And yes, I did move the big one off his face after I took the picture. George actually thought he had to point that out to me. C’mon, who’s the paranoid one in this parenting unit? I’m the winner by a mile.

Did you ever think that brown paper lunch bags could be improved somehow? I mean, all that space just gone to waste. Learning Lunch has taken on that challenge and created Learning Lunch Bags, paper lunch bags printed with grade-specific questions in five subjects.
Now maybe I think this is a great product only because I’ll […]

Dawn rants about a commercial that should never have been aired, although probably not for any of the reasons you would assume.

I just went in and tucked Lawrence in. After I put his diapie (blankie) next to him, he mumbled in his sleep, “I love you.”

Lawrence asked me this morning if he was going to school. I told him, “No, honey, it’s the weekend. No one goes to school.” He thought a minute, then said, “Well, it could be just Rosalinda (his teacher) and me.”

Yes, yes, yes! Finally, we seem to have turned a corner in potty-training. Lawrence matter-of-factly told me after dinner that he had to poop in the potty. He headed into the bathroom, took off his pants and diaper, sat there and read for a little while, and then pooped! We didn’t have to coax or […]