TodsCircus

Life should be filled with firsts. Seconds and thirds are just not as exciting.
Today I had a first. I drove the kids to school in my pajamas. I realize this is not an uncommon practice, but in the ten years of driving kids to school, I have never once driven in my [...]

There’s nothing that makes me more uncomfortable than the question, “What does your husband do?
It’s not that I’m ashamed by what he does. It’s just that I don’t really know. I mean, I know. I sit right next to him everyday as he works away on his computer. It’s really that [...]

I’m not one to get too upset about spills or breaks. I kind of expect that with kids.
The clown, on the other hand, can get a little annoyed, especially if something of his gets broken. So when he backed over the Strongman’s bicycle today, the brand new bike that Santa just brought [...]

I got a call today. From school. When I see that caller ID, my heart skips a beat, followed by a moment of panic. Is something wrong? Is someone sick? Did someone forget something?
Today, it was the Strongman. All he said was, “Mom?” I glanced at the clock [...]

I hate chain letters. And yet, I’m too superstitious to disregard them. It must be the threat of death, dismemberment and financial ruin that motivates me to action.
Having said that, I realize it’s odd that I would initiate my own chain letter of sorts.
You see, I was nominated for the 2010 Weblog Awards. [...]

I’m finding it hard to carve out time to write our family business plan. Just as many companies face that end-of-year frenzy, so too, does a family. The shopping, baking, decorating, and wrapping, combined with pageants and parties, leaves little time for business affairs, be it personal or professional. But without the [...]

In my quest for peace, sometimes I lose sight of the fact that I am the parent. I get to make the decisions.
As a peacemaker and pleaser, I have a hard time when someone is unhappy. I want to fix the problem. But with four kids, odds are, some one person will [...]

Each year on New Year’s Eve my husband places a log and an orange outside our front door. He does this for good luck. It is a tradition. His parents do this. His grandmother did this. I expect our four children will do this.
But, like many traditions passed down through generations, the [...]