It started off easy.  We stretched, did some jumping jacks.  By the end all I could think was "you want me to do what ?" Last night I started Tae Kwon Do.  Tyler has been going for two weeks and I've been jealous.  Then they offered a free month trial for family members and I jumped at the chance.  Little did I know I was starting right as the rest of the class was getting ready to test for their...

I have come to the conclusion that my primary job responsibility as a parent of two boys is to keep them alive. Oliver is fairly self contained.  He can entertain himself for reasonably long periods of time for a three year old.  However, it is nice to get him out of the house so I had planned to take him to story time at Barne's and Noble.  This would also provide me an opportunity to pick up my...

Yesterday I found myself to be in completely over my head as a parent.  The implications of what I was told by my six year old stagger me.  Tyler was sitting on his bed pulling his socks on, stretching his socks on to be precise with his leg stuck out and dragging them half way up his calf.  He looked at me and said "Mom, I don't want to watch movies with fighting in them anymore."  Interesting. ...