Tag Archives: Kids

Nervous Pickles

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Shoes

me: Why are there spots of juice or something on the table? Cody: It was the pickle jar. It sweats ever time I open it – it gets nervous. Cody is a voracious pickle eater who has been known to eat many, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Glorious Food | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Back in the Summer of ’95

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Shoes

A couple weeks ago during one of our dinner conversations, the question of whether cats have bellybuttons came up. I started telling a story of the momma cat who had her litter of kittens in the closet of a housemate … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Spreading Cheer One Cookie at a Time

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Shoes

Carter ran from door to door around our cul-de-sac, bags of freshly baked cookies clutched in his fist. He respected social distancing, knocking, putting the cookies down, and stepping away to wait and see if someone answered. If they did … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Glorious Food, Random Thoughts, The Virus | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Simple Sunday – Just a Bunch of Characters

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Shoes

Carter created these, one for each member of our family (pets included, of course). Top row: Husband, Haley, yours truly Middle row: Chloe, Sasha, James Bottom row: Carter*, Leia, Cody** *And no, we don’t let Carter smoke in real life. … Continue reading →

Posted in Simple Sunday | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Am I Married to He Who Must Not Be Named?

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Shoes

Last weekend as I was focused on cleaning the garage, Husband shaved his facial hair. Without warning. The last time this happened was about ten years ago. Basically, Cody and Carter do not know of a time when he did … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , | 14 Comments

An Owls’ Outing

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Shoes

When the boys were younger, we found magic everywhere and in everything we did. We danced with our own shadows while waiting at the bus stop, we named the bushes and hills that comprised our small patch of woods on … Continue reading →

Posted in Little Feet, Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

When James Exercises

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Shoes

The other day I caught our orange cat, James, hanging on Husband’s robe. At the time of the robe hanging, the robe was itself hanging on the back of our bedroom door and, thankfully, not hanging on Husband. I happened … Continue reading →

Posted in Furry Feet (and fish), Random Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

It will be useful again, someday.

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Shoes

One day last week, to combat the boredom that comes with a pandemic quarantining, Carter decided to rearrange the furniture in his bedroom. He drew out a schematic of where he wanted his bed, dresser, bookcase. Without any thought to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts, The Virus | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Watch out for that Ladyhole!

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Shoes

We were having dessert when one of the boys said a grossly improper sentence.  And by grossly improper, I mean by way of grammar.  (As a side note, if any of this post is “grossly improper by the way of … Continue reading →

Posted in Little Feet | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments