Tag: kids
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Toothbrush thoughts
My son had a good dentist appointment this week and the dentist gave him a new toothbrush when he left. He took it out of the wrapper and slowly ran […]
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Overheard conversation between my kids
Boy 1: Are you ok with guacamole on your tacos? Boy 2: You don’t seem to understand the meaning of tacos. With tacos, you can add what you want – […]
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How to get kids to eat less chips
“Well kids, they might be chips and they might be cobras. How about a nice apple instead?”
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Bucket hat of shame!
Children who don’t eat their vegetables are sent outside in the “Bucket hat of shame.” (I hope you know I’m kidding.. The truth is, I have no idea why he […]
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Why we aren’t allowed in the makeup section
This is what happens when you need to shop for lipstick and leave your kids alone for 5 minutes.
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Beep Beep, I’m a Sheep
I was “treated” to 30 minutes of my son singing this song OVER and OVER on the way home from school yesterday. This was after taking him to drum lessons, […]
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Fashion
My youngest son made a cape for his brother. When his brother tried it on, it was so tight around the neck that it choked him a bit. When he […]
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Chores
Sometimes my husband and I wonder what our kids might say to a therapist when they get older. Last week, we got a little preview from our 9-year old. We […]
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Brothers… all the same
My youngest son was talking about how he wishes we could hurry and invent teleportation. “We’d already have it if it weren’t for the Marx Brothers.” I thought about this […]
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Healthy food/Tasty food
I was telling my oldest son about an article I read in Reader’s Digest about the Best Foods for your health. He said, “Yeah, I started to read that too, […]
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Public Service Announcement for Parents
Heads up. My kids have been singing this since November. Apparently it’s getting even bigger. Warning: Extremely stupid…. but extremely catchy. I guess what I’m trying to say is you’ve […]
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Face/Off
I did one of those Face Swap photos on the phone the other day with my 9-yr old son. They always leave the faces looking quite distorted, so my son […]
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My blessed child
Our family was playing a board game together on New Year’s Eve. My youngest son needed to draw a certain type of card for his next turn. He said: “Please […]
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Quiet? I don’t know the word
I’ve spent the last 5 days alone with the kids and their various friends who come over to visit. My life has a running background soundtrack of Pokémon, Minecraft and […]
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Blender of Fire
On my YouTube recommendations today. My questions: Why? Just what have the kids been looking at when they hijack my account? Should I fire-proof the blender now?
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My experience in a parallel world
I had a parallel world experience yesterday. I went to pick up my son after school. I walked into his section of classes. After looking everywhere, noting that they had […]
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My children are brought to you by …
One drawback of having children in Sweden who NEVER see t.v. commercials is that they become quite overwhelmed by them when we visit the U.S. After about a week, my […]
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12 Angry Birds
My youngest son was extremely excited yesterday when looking over our movie list and seeing that we had “12 Angry Men.” He thought it was a sequel to the Angry […]