Green Around the Edges

Ooh - what one do you want? Have you checked out ...

2012-02-19T13:23:16.374-05:00

Ooh - what one do you want? Have you checked out their website?

Isa - maybe Dekalb was sweeter than Sycamore - I d...

2012-02-15T20:41:26.649-05:00

Isa - maybe Dekalb was sweeter than Sycamore - I don't remember lots of candy from school either.

Kate - you're forgetting one important factor with the valentines - Miss Mouse had a really fun time making them for her friends. Much more fun, I think, than simply assigning names to purchased cards.

you just have selective memory--I definitely remem...

2012-02-15T11:06:15.928-05:00

you just have selective memory--I definitely remember lining up my valentines and peeling off the candy--at least compared to halloween she's only getting one or two pieces per card, right?

I think that requiring kids to give to every kid i...

2012-02-14T10:41:16.682-05:00

I think that requiring kids to give to every kid is for the best--especially since she would probably be crushed if she learned that some of the people she thinks of as friends maybe don't see her in the same light? Not sure if that's something Mousie runs into yet, but I can imagine it would be pretty heartbreaking.

I think you could be right. Compassion and empath...

2012-02-14T08:39:14.066-05:00

I think you could be right. Compassion and empathy are concepts that need to be reinforced -- often by example. Which is how people end up without them!

This is really very interesting. I suppose, if yo...

2012-02-14T08:37:24.964-05:00

This is really very interesting. I suppose, if you think about it, you give things you've made to your friends - not to everybody you know. The concept of understanding that someone might feel bad by being excluded is perhaps too advanced for a 3 year old.

Nope, she was always the princess. I remember bec...

2012-02-06T10:50:03.884-05:00

Nope, she was always the princess. I remember because I stacked the deck often and spent a lot of time looking at her. We bought the Pigeon memory game because I have taken your advice to heart and am practicing now so I can hold my own in a couple years. It's pretty fun, actually!

Poor pathetic wee boy. I'm glad we're not...

2012-02-03T23:37:22.012-05:00

Poor pathetic wee boy. I'm glad we're not there - I'd have trouble refusing a face like that. But more power to you for doing so.

Probably just a cleaning binge.

2012-02-03T13:26:11.245-05:00

Probably just a cleaning binge.

Well put. Just looking at the stuff piled outside...

2012-01-30T18:53:56.667-05:00

Well put. Just looking at the stuff piled outside the local Salvation Army would tell you that most of it should have gone to Waste Management instead. We are lucky to have a Goodwill that does try to fix broken electronics, and they recycle what they can't fix and sell.

We just put out a bunch of stuff for the VVA to ta...

2012-01-30T10:54:09.175-05:00

We just put out a bunch of stuff for the VVA to take away this morning. I'm worried about how much crap will be strewn across our neighborhood when we get home because the local raccoons (ie: trashy neighbors) will have gone through them and taken what they want. I tried to be good, though, and threw out anything I wouldn't want to have!

Lacey does this to Mike and I. Thankfully, she is...

2012-01-30T09:28:18.077-05:00

Lacey does this to Mike and I. Thankfully, she is now sitting by Mike, and when her dinner time "snuggles" get unbearable, he just puts space between them. Nothing else works!

Huh. I wonder if I used to do this, too. Our seat...

2012-01-28T17:31:33.167-05:00

Huh. I wonder if I used to do this, too. Our seating chart always had my dad at the head of the table, me and my sister next to each other on the side, and my mom at the foot. I wonder if I got positioned there to avoid me petting mum. I'll have to ask...

Agreed! It may crack the congregation up as much ...

2012-01-26T15:18:28.285-05:00

Agreed! It may crack the congregation up as much as the blog readers!! Love it:-)

Oh my does she have you guys figured out! It'...

2012-01-24T22:38:22.124-05:00

Oh my does she have you guys figured out! It's all downhill from here - wow.

That has got to be the very best prayer I've e...

2012-01-24T17:24:54.677-05:00

That has got to be the very best prayer I've ever heard. Think Josh could use it some Sunday?

I don't know. Caroline was always mad at me f...

2012-01-23T11:15:22.153-05:00

I don't know. Caroline was always mad at me for doing exactly this kind of stealing--but I couldn't help myself! She had (usually) such good taste! :)

Maybe I should give you the several thick file fol...

2012-01-19T22:49:09.587-05:00

Maybe I should give you the several thick file folders I have full of cut out recipes - I'm never ever going to paste them into my binder. Let's hear it for recipe folders (albeit not color coded) on my laptop!

You're welcome - and proud of it! However, th...

2012-01-17T19:39:38.126-05:00

You're welcome - and proud of it! However, the jeans with the chapstick imprint are not mine - they belong to my youngest sister. And MM found the chapstick on her own - it was by my bed in the condo - and she knew right away that it was supposed to go on her lips. So there.

Does eating snow make your butt get big?

2012-01-16T17:47:55.397-05:00

Does eating snow make your butt get big?

What has Google done with the comment section??? ...

2012-01-16T17:18:14.061-05:00

What has Google done with the comment section??? Isa's last one was in a funny type, and my name is totally weird.

Must have that hugging picture! Can you stick it ...

2012-01-16T17:05:34.185-05:00

Must have that hugging picture! Can you stick it in Dropbox?

I laugh every time I see that picture of Buggie. ...

2012-01-15T23:18:41.487-05:00

I laugh every time I see that picture of Buggie. He is so resigned to his fate.

Have you read Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids? ...

2012-01-14T07:16:22.746-05:00

Have you read Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids? The 'biology is destiny' part at the beginning was a little insulting (and, I think, misguided science), but the rest of his points were pretty interesting.

It's also cute when Buggie hands Riley one of ...

2012-01-10T23:11:26.069-05:00

It's also cute when Buggie hands Riley one of Riley's toys - and then waits expectantly for Riley to obligingly play with that toy. Sadly, Riley rarely obliges - ungrateful beast.