Category: Family
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Happy Sweet Sixteen, Amber!
Sixteen years ago today, at 4:19 PM, I gave birth by caesarean section to my first child. Today’s blog is dedicated to my beautiful daughter, Amber, who has given me more joy and laughter in her sixteen short years than I’d ever hoped to have in an entire lifetime. What can I say about Amber?…
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Even E.T. Phoned Home!
My daughter turns 16 tomorrow. If you’ve ever been around a 16-year old – especially a 16-year old girl – then I don’t have to tell you about “attitude” and the perceived “rights” that accompany turning 16. For those who don’t know, the best I can tell you is that there’s something magical about turning…
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A Parenting Guide to the Theory of Reciprocity
Reciprocity (rĕs’ə-prŏs’ĭ-tē)n., pl., -ties. A reciprocal condition or relationship. A mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges, especially the exchange of rights or privileges of trade between nations. Definition supplied by Answers.com Kids make me laugh, especially when I can take them off guard and one-up them in the intelligence department. Trust me, it doesn’t happen…
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How to Catch a Leprechaun
I’d like to take a moment to thank Mrs. M, my son’s 1st grade teacher, for making a liar out of me. Okay, maybe not for making a liar out of me, but for making me embellish the truth even more than I’ve had to up to this point. It’s bad enough that I’ve fibbed…
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Quips and Quotes Friday
From the Facebook Files If a 9-year old boy says, “I was going to burp but I held it in,” don’t let him sit on your lap! ~ Kelly J-B from her Facebook Wall On the Royal Wedding… Watching any kind of TV with two teenage girls is always an interesting experience, but the Royal…
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Forestry Chic
As a Stay-at-Home-Mom, I don’t have very many opportunities to get dressed up to meet the outside world. My daily “work clothes” consist of a clean pair of jeans and a nice long-sleeved t-shirt that (hopefully) doesn’t happen to have peanut butter or dog slobber smeared all over it. And if I can actually shower…
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Hangin’ onto Patience by a Shoestring
As every parent knows, if you want something done properly, you must be very specific about your expectations. Kids will do absolutely anything to get out of doing what you want, even if it means doing something completely wrong just to win the battle. For instance, when I send my 7-year old to take a…
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Friday’s Quips and Quotes
It’s Friday, and I’d like to introduce a new feature here at Chatty Cathie’s Endless Chatter…Quips and Quotes Friday! Each Friday I’ll attempt to bring you the actual quips and quotes that people say to me – or that I overhear – throughout the course of a normal day. So, sit back and relax and…
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