The Pool Story

Okay, I just remembered another funny from the past. When The Manager and Captain Earthquake were 2, we got them one of those cute little plastic pools too splash in. Being that we live in an area where mosquitoes can be a concern, I tend to avoid standing water. So I usually [...]

There’s No Place Like the Home Throne

I was reminded today of a cute episode we had with The Manager when he was 3.  We’d gone to a museum a few hours from home to see Thomas the Tank Engine, and had stayed the night to spend a second day enjoying the museum while we were there.  The second day, The Manager [...]

Never mind the bat…I wanted sympathy!

Having a bat in the house can be stressful.
I haven’t shared a funny in several days, and Hubby reminded me of this story so I thought I’d post it.
I fell asleep one evening on the couch while Hubby was working in what was the office at the time. TechnoBoy and The Mercenary were [...]

Justice, 3yo style

2006
Last week one evening we had a lot of people over so Hubby extended our dining
room table out with all the leaves. It’s not how we usually have it but I
just haven’t bothered to take it all back down.
A little while ago either the Manager or Captain Earthquake stood up near it and bumped his [...]

The bucket story

Winter 2006
On Saturday The Manager(age 3) coughed so hard he gagged and threw up on 2 separate occasions. Small town life means no doctors on the weekend unless we go to the ER, so we decided to just survive till Monday and then call for the appt. Meanwhile, we tried to keep him from [...]

Mystery solved

A memory from 2006
Captain Earthquake has been waking up at night. Okay, well, he wakes up every night, multiple times. He comes and gets me to tuck him back in.
Sometimes its once a night, rarely he sleeps through, and often it’s multiple wake ups. Several nights ago I could not sleep so [...]