Recent posts for Pleiades Bee
Labor Day Weekend in NC
beautiful Katy; beautiful Colleen Luke Katy reading to Colleen and James the beautiful/terrifying spider waiting for dinner on their front porch climbing Jack’s beanstalk at Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem catching flying scarves initial pictures making...
Posted: 10/12/2012 7:22 PM
Sunday Morning Puzzle
“There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.” —Deepak Chopra
Posted: 10/12/2012 8:56 AM
Working on Independence
Scene: Owen is sitting on the leather chair in the living room. His milk is in a cup (with a lid) on the floor, 6 feet away from him. Owen: “Where’s my milk? Where’s my milk? WHERE’S MY MILK!” Me: “It’s right there, Owen. You can get it.” Owen: “No. I...
Posted: 10/9/2012 10:41 AM
Painting In Our PJs In the Morning
Sophie woke up wanting to “teach the boys how to paint.” She’s not the most patient of teachers. She also dislikes mixing colors. Although the pictures depict a rather lovely experience (and for awhile, it was), it did not end well. I suppose, for a more...
Posted: 10/8/2012 12:25 AM
She’s Fine
I try very hard not to overreact to medical issues with my children. In fact, I usually under-react. Twice now, during well-child exams, the pediatrician has discovered ear infections. Cue the oh-so-that’s-why-he-has-been-so-cranky-and-tugging-his-ear-and-this-cold-never-seems-to-go-away-I’m-a-terrible-mom...
Posted: 9/27/2012 10:01 PM
Worse
I don’t know what’s worse. Using my legs and arms to pin Owen against myself, a nebulizer mask over his mouth and nose while he thrashes and screams, feeling him soften every few moments only to say, muffled and between sobs, “all done, Mommy, all done.”...
Posted: 9/20/2012 2:49 PM
The Side Effects of Encouraging Creativity
The kids decided to make a train. Clever and cute, right? They did this to the playroom in order to make it. “That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.” —Ivan Turgenev
Posted: 9/18/2012 9:39 PM
Sophie Discovers Commercials
Sophie: “Mommy, did you know there’s something on TV called a PackIt?” Me: “What’s that?” Sophie: “It’s for when you go on picnics and if the PackIt is cold it keeps food that needs to be cold really, really cold.” Me: “Oh?” Sophie: “And guess where you...
Posted: 9/18/2012 2:37 PM
One-Eyed Play-Doh Snakes
“You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.” —John Updike
Posted: 9/16/2012 6:43 PM
Check Your Tires
Andy was out of town. It was a Saturday. I wanted to be out of the house. So I mustered up some courage, strapped all three kids into their car seats, loaded the stroller and drove to the zoo. The weather? Beautiful. The number of people at the zoo? Insane....
Posted: 9/14/2012 9:43 PM
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Our family of five lives in a 100-year-old foursquare in Fort Thomas, Ky., along with Tucker (our lab) and Mia (our cat). Thanks for visiting!
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Our family of five lives in a 100-year-old foursquare in Fort Thomas, Ky., along with Tucker (our lab) and Mia (our cat). Thanks for visiting!
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