Poor Elly. I found out that her brother, Logan, the kid who is ALWAYS looking to make a buck, swindled Elly out of $2 this weekend. Apparently he charged her for using his television… a television that belongs to me which I let Logan use FOR FREE! The stinker needed to be taught a lesson....
Category Archives: Logan
He thinks in terms of latitude and longitude
So we made the two hour drive to Daniel’s varsity game yesterday. Half way there we decided to stop for a bite to eat and by then Logan had fallen asleep in the car. When he sensed that the vehicle had stopped moving, he woke up, disoriented, and said, “WHAT IS OUR LOCATION?” Not “where...
My little T and E
We had our homecoming game tonight (it was a mild 51 degrees) and despite a close loss, some people had a blast. By the way, in previous years I would see boys doing this and think, “What kind of parents let their kids DO this?” and now I know.. Parents just like me.
They’ve got spirit, yes they do.
Trust me when I say that no amount of begging, pleading or bribing could have made Logan and Dan wear a dress shirt and tie to school but it’s Homecoming Week and today is “Class it up” day. They asked me if they could wear this to school. You could have knocked me over with...
Logan Rockefeller
I found out on Friday that my 14 year old son, Logan, has been working at a job for the last month. I had no idea. While I assumed he was on Facebook or on his coyote hunting message boards or googling images of Miley Cyrus on a stripper pole, he was actually researching a...
The lesson here? Don’t mock as I prepare your food.
Weekday mornings in this house are insane. It’s not that the kids are tired or crabby when they get up from school. It’s that they have recharged their sarcasm batteries during their sleep and are chomping at the bit to tease me unmercifully before leaving for school. It’s their way of making sure I won’t...
All you need is love
This past week has been a tough one for our family. Kevin wrestled at Sections and unlike last year, didn’t qualify for State because his weight class this year was stacked with very talented wrestlers. Also, our wrestling team cooped with another school which bumped us from A to AA. We were competing with larger...
Markers of mass destruction
How un-novel of them.
Gun Rack
He gets his sense of humor from his mother.
Lawn king
All winter long Logan has waited for this day. Today we pulled the riding lawn mower out of storage, dusted it off, filled it with gas and handed Logan the keys, for Logan dearly loves to mow the lawn. (I see you, Isaiah. Your muscles are big.) It might be more accurate to say that...
Auggie Logie
Today is Logan’s thirteenth birthday and while most children look forward to becoming a teenager, Logan has been waiting for this day since he was two years old. Apparently that’s when I began making promises. Yes, there are times when I have taken the easy way out in parenting. Like when Logan came to me...
I didn’t raise no quitters
I was silly to think that the wrestling season ended with the conclusion of the state tournament. After taking about 5,000 wrestling photos and attending countless wrestling meets, I WANTED the season to be done in a desperate way. But that was before Darren learned of a Freestyle wrestling club being led by a wrestling...
Victory…times four
I’m currently experiencing one of those “mom highs” when I’m bursting with pride over my children’s accomplishments. Last night our wrestling team wrestled at our conference championships and Kevin took first place (the only team member to walk away with a championship) at 160 pounds. It’s beginning to look as though Kevin has a good...
Drop and give me infinity
Oh Beloved, Precious Sons, When all your clothes have been washed, dried, folded and set carefully on your bed, the proper solution is not to cram the stacks into an overfilled drawer. The proper solution is to HANG YOUR CLOTHES IN THE FREAKIN’ CLOSET. Three weeks ago, despite my better judgment and common sense, I...
Everything he needs to know, he learned in kindergarten
Today is Kait’s birthday which means that I’m a mother of a 20 year old. When did I get this old?? I feel like hip replacements are suddenly just around the corner. Anyway, we spent the afternoon together and she reminded me of something Logan said that I never want to forget. When Logan was...
One wind plus another wind equals no wind at all
**Due to the sensitive nature of this post, names have been changes in order to protect the guilty** We are fortunate to have central air conditioning in our home despite the fact that the unit which came with our house when we purchased it is just a little too small to cool properly on the...
Flip This Couch
My family I love practical jokes. I love planning them. I love the anticipation. I love seeing people’s reactions. Logan fell asleep on the couch tonight. The rest of the family decided that it would be really funny to turn the couch around so that when he wakes up, he’ll be facing the living room wall and, for just a moment, be totally confused. The hard part of this little practical joke was keeping our...
He Must Have Put A Silencer On The Drill
I guess it’s difficult to protect personal treasures in a home with many siblings. Logan, without asking, drilled holes in his dresser and installed his own private security system in order to assure the sanctity of all that belongs to him. I was miffed that he “ruined” a perfectly good piece of furniture right up...