Sorry I’m a little late getting this one posted, but better late than never! Here’s my giggle for the day. This morning Keely (the puppy) was up at 5:30 with diarrhea, poor baby. And poor TechnoBoy and me, who were the lucky pair cleaning it up. After he’d taken her out, [...]

Well, I’m a little late but we’re still all about fun to end the week here at Earnest Parenting.
I’m happy to inform you that my puppy is a very environmentally conscious individual. Really. She is! Just look for yourself.

That qualifies as “re-use”, right?
Okay, you’re next! Share a joke, blog [...]

It may be wise to set down all beverages for this one. Wouldn’t want to cause you to choke or do a spit take all over your keyboard. You have been warned.
Yesterday morning, a boy woke me up about 6 am saying he’d had a terrible nightmare and had had an accident in [...]

It was inevitable.
There was no way to stop a day like this from happening.
After all, boys grow. Fabric wears out. No way to stop that. Uh-uh, no-how.
The superhero jammies first appeared in our family back in 2001, if I recall correctly. That was the Halloween I discovered that pajamas [...]

Hullo again, friends! It’s officially Friday and time for our weekly chuckle. For my offering this week, I bring to you a story from the past that still makes me giggle. (Originally posted it in August of 2007.)
The Mercenary had opted to clean the van for 50 cents. When he reported [...]

Today? Today was an intense day. Not really bad….just wildly intense. Just to give you a few highlights, I started out with over an hour’s discussion with the older boys (before I’d even gotten out of bed in the morning). They weren’t getting along. All told, I think there were [...]