By the Root
After hearing his sister’s menu for the evening: “Why don’t you buy everyone’s meal tonight?” Teen Take-Out asks. “I want to make mashed potatoes, chicken & corn.” “Can I have a side of cereal?” “No. You...
Friends
I’m in the car (surprise, surprise) driving from one place to the other. This time with only two in tow, the baby and the 11-yr. old. “Blah-d-blah yeg. Mini ma stairs. Dish ma beeg ouchie.”, Jack-speak. “Yes I know, honey. Your leg scraped the...
The Good, The Bad, and the, well, the Ugly
April has been slotted for yard duty. I’m as hesitant about this as I was about our March meal month… but these kids need to learn the ins and outs of maintaining and caring for the outside of the house as much as the inside. So, in the same way we started...
Overheard in the Wyma house…
“That looks like pea,” matter-of-factly observed Slow Walker as he poured chicken broth into the crock-pot. Okay, first of all, he was right. Secondly, he wasn’t “Slow Walker” at all today. He actually had a great attitude, despite the...
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