Somewhere around his 2nd birthday, my sweet, wonderful, lovely, lovable baby turned into a terrible two. He was still underlyingly sweet, but everything turned into a battle. Everything. There was not one thing that he didn’t battle me about. For around a year its been very challenging, to say the least. I had times when [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
He is back!
Posted in children, parenting, tagged family, motherhood, parenthood, terrible twos, toddler on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My life is a Peanut cartoon.
Posted in Thoughts, children, family, marriage, parenting, tagged family, marriage, parenthood, Thoughts on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have come to the conclusion that I must sound like an adult in a Peanuts cartoon. I am sure that when I speak, my son only hears “whaa whaa whaa whaa whaa whaa”. I am pretty sure that is what my husband hears after the first sentence of anything I say. Then, when I [...]
One boy, a bucket of water, and a hose.
Posted in Thoughts, children, expat, family, older mother, parenting, tagged buckets of water, childhood, family, toddler, water on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday afternoon my husband took our son out for a little walk up the street. When they got back they both started to wash and wax my car. I took this opportunity to call home and speak to my sister. Then pick up the living room. All I could hear out side was squealing and [...]
The joy and sorrow of a balloon aka a day of 3 firsts.
Posted in England, Thoughts, Uk, children, family, older mother, parenting, tagged 1st experiences, balloons, children, family, fast food, hunger, Mcdonalds, Thoughts on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Preface: My son has had balloons before. He has had helium balloons as well but he was to young and to uninterested so its been a while, say 6 months since he had one. I don’t think he remembers them in person but knows of them because of seeing them on TV shows.
My husband asked [...]
I love my computer
Posted in England, Thoughts, expat, family, tagged communication, computer, email, England, family, global, Thoughts, us on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It amazing how much my life has become dependent on computers. I remember a time, not all that long ago really, that I didn’t even have a computer. Now, most everything in my life has a computer twist to it. I met my husband on line. I got my dog on line. We found our [...]
Poor baby bird
Posted in Thoughts, family, tagged animal, baby bird, bird, cat, family on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Late last night we had a “look what the cat dragged in” moment. She brought in a baby bird. I am talking so young that it barely had pen feathers. This poor little barely hatched creature in the mouth of the cat, who looked so smug. Great hunting skills, stupid, the poor thing has no [...]
Parent spots – Please do not park there.
Posted in England, Thoughts, Uk, children, expat, family, older mother, parenting, tagged auto, car, car safetly, childhoon, children, driving, family, infant, motherhood, parent spots, parenting, parking, safety, Thoughts, toddler, Uk on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the things I think is fantastic here in the UK is parent/child parking spots in car parks. Its something I had only seen once in the states in a brand newly built mall. These spots do not have to be in front of the store as parents are not handicapped, but they are [...]
Memories of 5th grade.
Posted in Thoughts, california, children, family, friends, northern california, tagged 5th grade, auburn ca, childhood memories, family, friends, looking back, mates, Thoughts on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I recently got back in touch with one of my dearest childhood friends and it has me thinking of my childhood and most specifically 5th grade and my life then. We had moved from Southern California to Northern California, which was night and day at the time. We had lived in a bustling but smallish city [...]
Another lovely day
Posted in England, Uk, children, expat, family, parenting, tagged England, family, Summer, Thoughts, Uk, warmth, weather on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wow, two days of sun in a row. Today was super sunny, yesterday it was off and on. We had a lovely day together again. K and T had fun playing together. S got the toilet fixed. We just relaxed a bit and watched Malcome in the Middle repeats on tv. Even got to let [...]
T’was a good day
Posted in England, Garden, Summer, Thoughts, Uk, children, expat, family, house selling, moving, packing home, parenting, tagged family, good days, Thoughts, Uk on July 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today was a good day. I love good days. For one, the sun came out. We have not seen the sun in a while. Its been on holiday in the Costa del Sol, Spain. We have had about 10 days of rain. Before that it was 2 days of sun and before that… you [...]
