As we went to pick up Ricky from school today, the pooper scooper pulled up to our house. (Yes. We pay to have our dogs’ waste picked up and removed. Try having 2 big dogs and 4 little boys and you, too, will see it as a necessity and not a luxury.) As we drove […]
Author: Cindy
Rhyme
Billy was showing me some pictures in his Star Wars coloring book the other day. He would tell me the names of the people he knows and ask me the names of people he doesn’t know (most of them). Since the coloring book is from episodes 1-3 and I’m not so much a fan of […]
The Grinch
My name is prone to nicknames. I should say, my nickname is prone to even more nicknames. One that has stuck through the years is Cindy-Lou Who (often followed by “who was no more than two” no matter what my age). Friends and family have used it, not surprisingly, more abundantly at Christmas. In college, […]
The Favorite
I’m not the favorite. I don’t think I’m any of the kids’ favorite. I might be Kevin’s favorite … some days! The boys have not hidden their preference for their dad. I accept it. I encourage it. They see me all the time, but Poppy goes to work all day. It is an okay thing. […]
Sweetness
This morning I was laying on the floor in the hall. (Isn’t that what everyone does when they are sick?) My boys knew that I wasn’t feeling well and were being really good at leaving me alone to rest. When I woke up from a short snooze, there, by my head, was my old Raggedy […]