Funny Reading For Parents!

[EdmundBlackadderTheThird]

I discovered this author a while back, and read her stuff pretty regularly. For anyone with a large family there is a lot of stuff to relate to here. Just thought I would share the link:

http://www.nationalreview.com/gurdon/gurdon-archive.asp

I know National Review is generally political but her column is not, I promise. Oh yeah her names is Meghan Cox Gurdon, she is a Catholic and here are some choice quotes from her articles:

Ten minutes ago, I was conscientiously trundling bags of newspapers and glass bottles out to the sidewalk for recycling. Nine minutes ago, I was rattling a front door that had uncharacteristically locked itself behind me. Eight minutes ago, my nose and extremities began to freeze. On possibly the coldest day in Washington, ever, I am trapped outside, while inside the house there is a banana-wielding two-year old wearing a tutu. There's also a pot of beef simmering on the gas stove. I do not know which will be the more combustible, if I don't get in soon.

The birthday party is a huge success. We play Freeze Dance — to the Go-Go's, a freshman-year favorite of mine — and Musical Chairs. Only three children cry from the chagrin of losing. The first is Violet, who fails to find a spare chair and retreats behind a sofa gnashing her teeth and rending her raiment. By the time we've lured her out we lose Benjamin, who falls hara-kiri-like on the floor and won't look up until he has mastered his disappointment. When Phoebe loses, she screams piercingly until someone picks her up.

I find her really funny and just wanted to share!

 

[Tangnefedd]

That sounds amusing!

Our two year old grandson was visiting at the weekend. Why is it that the 'NOT TO TOUCH' objects have much more kiddie appeal than a whole room of toys? My husband eventually found his mobile (cell) phone wedged under our son's TV after several hours of searching and air becoming increasingly blue! My husband was having a nap in the chair, our grandson had found a chocolate foil wrapped mint, and fed part of it to his sleeping Gramps, who swallowed it with the foil still intact! I could go on!