Archive for May, 2008
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Jeff King-A Revolutionary
My dad is currently an elementary school principal and has been an educator for more than 20 years, and in one month is retiring.
Jeff King has spent the last couple years as a co-principal of an Los Penasquitos Elementary School. He’s reinvented himself numerous times over his past twenty-something years in the business. […]
8 Comments » - Posted in Giving Thanks, Grandparent's love, Working Like a Dog by Nette @ Smiling Mom
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Growth as a parent
So last night I had one of those Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad parent/child exchanges. BC and I just couldn’t seem to work things out. It was an emotionally grueling exchange which left us both sobbing and exhausted. It made me doubt my skills as a mom. Did I do […]
1 Comment » - Posted in BC, Motherhood, SVMB, Stress by Nette @ Smiling Mom
Monday, May 19th, 2008
The Evolution of a Meltdown
OK, first of all this whole incident started with a voice booming from our back room, “No way!! BC You CANNOT wear that!!”
I say, “Hub, I usually let BC dress himself.”
“Uh, Nette? He ‘s wearing tights.”
At that exact moment I was taking a sip of my tea.
My tea ended up all over my […]
6 Comments » - Posted in BC Said What??, Family Life, My children??, Stop acting your age!, eClaire Said What?? by Nette @ Smiling Mom
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Happy Mother’s Day!
So today was just perfect. Hubby woke up this morning and surprised me a fabulous love letter and tickets to a few great plays going on at the repertory theater downtown. This is something that I’ve wanted to go to for quite some time.
Then we headed off to our local Farmer’s Market to stand in […]