I like to be liked, especially by my own children. I want my kids to think I’m amazing because mostly, I am! Yes, I sometimes let too much time pass between the boys’ haircuts and I refuse to buy Hollister clothes at retail price and no way in hell am I letting anyone have their...
Category Archives: Nathanael
TOUCHDOWN!
The only thing better than running 40 yards for a touchdown is having your big brothers celebrate with you on the sidelines.
LIl’ Dunns
It’s not very often that the baby of this family gets to shine in athletics since he’s still in elementary school, and lives in the shadows of his older brothers, but this year is different. Nathanael, aka Scooter, is motivated. He’s working hard and making a name for himself. Well, kind of. When we asked...
Kiss My Basset
Basset Hound vs. Shortest Person in Our House.
So he leans against the tree and says…
It’s not like hasn’t grown up having a camera in his face. The child’s life is well documented. We’re talking Petabytes and Exabytes of his comings and goings digitally stored on external hard drives. His usual response to the omnipresent maternal paparazzi was to completely ignore the attention. But not on one particular day. A...
Her name is Stella Luna
Nathanael is quite smitten with Stella Luna, the Hen. And she, him. Tomorrow is the kids’ last day of school which means that Nathanael and Stella will have much more time to spend together. And because of that, I will have much more laundry to wash.
To the Corp
My nine year old son, Nathanael, is a brilliant child who has struggled in the reading department. I take some responsibility for Nathanael’s reading delay since I did not invest the same amount of time and effort to teach him letter sounds the way I did with my older children. Nathanael is our seventh child...
Piece of cake!
Having recently lost his wife, Carol, my father-in-law is doing his best to carry on her tradition of celebrating the grandkids’ birthdays with a nice cake and some spending money.
I'm thinkin' this is going to be a fun summer
What’s better than having a good buddy live just down the road, and one with sweet BB gun skills to boot.
Represents the idea
I’ve taken countless photos of my children, enough photos to fill a 320 GB hard drive, but this is one of my all-time favorites. There’s nothing technically complex about it yet there’s something about Nathanael’s missing teeth and fresh face that I love. This photo was taken in our yard while the kids were out...
Or maybe I just need hazmat boots
Our home’s main level is mostly comprised of ceramic tile and hardwood flooring. We have a small area in our living room that remains carpeted. So when Nathanael fell asleep at dinner time last night, he naturally chose to find a spot on the soft carpet in the busiest room of our home. My kids...
Armed and Hilarious
He’s almost nine years old but Nathanael has the pipes of an 18 year old. At least while Kevin is in the mood to goof off with his little brother.
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...
Mounds of guilt
Feeling unusually wealthy from his Christmas bounty, Nathanael asked me last night at the wrestling meet, “Mom, do you want me to buy you a Mounds candy bar from the confession stand?” “That would be awesome, Buddy! While you’re there, make sure you tell them that I rolled through a stop sign on my way...
He makes a good point
I had planned to write a post about how my very life depends on maintaining a calendar, however something else has caught my attention. Do you see the red dot on my day planner? Everywhere I look lately, I see that damned dot from Nathanael’s newest interest: a laser pointer. At first I suspected that...
Party like an eight year old
Our elementary school-aged kids have an after school event today, a party of sorts, to celebrate their fundraising efforts from earlier in the school year. This has caused quite the stir in our home with behind-the-scenes plans being made after lights-out in the wee hours of 9:30 p.m. Yesterday I overheard Elly and Nathanael discuss...
Guilty
I love how my kid writes an article for his teacher about how we let him play XBox for three hours in a row. But seriously, how else is he going to get good at it? Next he plans to write about how he went to bed once without brushing his teeth or the time...
This Just Can’t End Well
My children have been known to befriend many things in their young lives but this has to be the most inanimate of all. Meet Bob the Balloon. Bob was born Saturday morning after Nathanael breathed life into him right before a birthday party. Bob has a two day life expectancy but in that short time much love and time has been invested in him. Bob’s likes are...
Bite Me
It was late at night. Everyone was camped on the living room floor, which is a tradition our family has on Friday nights. We typically let the kids drag their sleeping bags out and we watch movies until everyone falls asleep. On this particular night, Nathanael managed to stay awake longer than everyone so he...