by Amy LeForge | Feb 23, 2010 | Tween
The older boys have been complaining about our insistence that they go to Scouts every week, and also that we expect them to participate in Tae Kwon Do. When I ask what’s so terrible about either of these activities, there’s not much of an answer. The...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 19, 2010 | Fun For Your Friday
Today at Earnest Parenting all the females are lying around recovering. I’m still down with the knee injury (MRI tomorrow! hooray!!!) and the puppy got fixed yesterday. Although I think it’s safe to say she’d tell you she got broken. Everything was...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 17, 2010 | Tween
Tonight when Hubby got home from work he happened to notice that two sweets he’d put in the cupboard yesterday were gone. I’d noticed them mid-day myself. Now the shelf was empty. No one had asked me about eating them, and I hadn’t done it. I had the...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 12, 2010 | Fun For Your Friday
The following conversation took place between Hubby, The Mercenary, and me recently: Hubby walks up behind the boy and grabs his hand. Being that everyone in this house has to be a tough guy, he squeezes. The Mercenary: squeals like a little girl Ow, ow, ow, that...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 10, 2010 | Family Builder
We’re in the middle of a winter storm warning here at Earnest Parenting. I think I’ll take the opportunity to have a snow day (right after I work with the older boys on the research papers they’ve been avoiding for too long). There are enough cameras...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 9, 2010 | Resources/Reviews
Hubby took the boys and me to a movie this evening, specifically Tooth Fairy starring Dwayne Johnson. Wow. We really enjoyed the story! I knew from the previews to expect humor; I was surprised by the message the movie sent. In the movie, washed-up hockey player Derek...