Archive for August, 2011
Teaching Children to Litter
Sunday, August 28th, 2011Yes, you read that right. Let me tell you a little story. Saturday evening, Mark and I took Atticus and his friend to the neighborhood playground. It doubles as the playground for our local, public, elementary school. We were having a grand old time playing on the slides and bridges when one of the boys [...]
Another Kitchen Fail
Thursday, August 25th, 2011Why does it seem like I’m always writing about food? Seriously, I need new material. Any suggestions? Late last week I was reading a message board and someone mentioned coconut butter. Ummm YUM! It’s made with coconut, how could it be anything but delicious? Various blogs and websites all said the same thing. Put shredded [...]
Toddlers and Their Heart Attack Inducing Skills
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011My friend Alena over at Charmingly Chandler inspired me to write a post about the crazy things Atticus has done over the past few weeks. I don’t even know where to begin. I suppose it would be the day I regretted removing the baby gate from the stairs. I should preface this by saying that [...]
Extra People in Lunchlady Land?
Thursday, August 18th, 2011I recently say a little article or ad or something talking about a really cool grant that is allowing 8 schools in Nashville to have fresh produce this fall. They were looking for volunteers to peel, cut, etc this produce. Firstly, were these schools totally void of fresh produce? When I was a kid of [...]
Happenings in the Mommyhood
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011Maybe I should talk about me for once. Last night was Atticus’ school picnic. This year the school hopes to have a PTA which will help it become a non-profit organization and a few other things. I’d decided that this year I/we will be more involved in his school so I joined- cool! Then it [...]
Back to School!
Monday, August 15th, 2011It’s that time of the year again! Mark went back to school last week and today was Atticus’ first day. Mark had the summer off so he’s been having to adjust to all the hours of studying. A did go to school for most of the summer but he now has a new teacher so [...]
What we’ve been up to…
Sunday, August 7th, 2011::drags self to couch and plops down with laptop:: Oh my! It’s been an interesting past few weeks. Atticus and I went to Seattle in early July. Mark was working at Ft. Lewis so we flew up to visit him. My aunt and uncle life in Seattle so we stayed with them and had a [...]