Day 3688

 It is very gratifying to see that your children are the polite kind of trick or treaters.

Day 3687

 “I just want to spend some time with my mommy.”

Well I guess we’re doing crafts after all…

Day 3686

 No, we will not regress back to needing diapers again. I’m supposed to get a break for a generation before I have to change those again.

Day 3685

 If you have a plan for emergency hat-making, you must be a parent before Halloween.

Day 3684

 Parenting youths makes me keenly aware of how quickly conflicts can escalate. I hope heads of state are more levelheaded than I am.

Day 3683

On the plus side, at least when the media calls the election wrong now they just do a new tweet half an hour later and delete the old one instead of printing an entire newspaper.

And congratulations, there were several even worse candidates we could have picked. We’ll call it a win.

Day 3682

 Hit me with your best shot.

Day 3681

 When meal planning, remember to check for all the key ingredients before the moment they’re supposed to go into the oven.

Day 3680

 If everyone has place cards, it’s impossible to fight over who sits where. Right? RIGHT?!?!

Day 3679

 Some days you spend a lot of time trying to snuggle them until the grumps are gone.

Day 3678

 Very belatedly realizing I won’t ever have tea with the queen, and I no longer have any need for good manners at all. 

Day 3677

I hope our goblin girl doesn’t get interested in politics. If she’ll take that firm a stance against peeing, who knows what she could get mixed up with.

Day 3676

 Have sock, can puppet.

Day 3675

 Yes, the blue and brown blanket almost certainly makes the baby think about pumpkins.

Day 3674

 Have you tried Ooblek?

Day 3673

 These children, sneaking up on us with their competencies…

Day 3672

It’s fun watching your kids develop stamina. And periodic chill.

Day 3671

Dearest Goblin Girl,

Barring medical problems, your butt is your problem for the next several decades.

Best wishes,

Your mother

Day 3670

 The double whammy of a long wait for the wrong result.

Day 3669

 Dismal survey, endless refreshing. Another day.

Day 3668

 I’m putting together a pretty extensive list of how not to manage. 

Learning by counter-example!

Day 3667

 I was thankful this afternoon, throwing rocks into the lake with a flock of silly noodles. 

Less so this is evening.

Day 3666

 I hope I never look back on this day and regret demonstrating to my kids going off the trail to get around the impassable path.

Day 3665

 Sometimes children defy expectations; awful for getting out the door, totally aces at going to bed.

Day 3664

 All weeks must eventually come to an end.

Just like March does.

Day 3663

One explosion at a time would be preferred.

Day 3662

 Waiting. Ruminating.

Day 3661

 Waiting.

Day 3660

 It seems obliviousness is bliss when you are five.

Day 3659

 I’m a sucker for the trees.

Day 3658

 Some tasks really don’t need repeating.