Category Archives for Family

#17of365 – The Secret Garden

Aliya and I went to see The Secret Garden at the Wheelock Family Theatre, which was GREAT and way less expensive than going to the bigger venues.  This was her “mystery date” with me…for Christmas the kids asked Ben and I to take each of them out one-on-one.  Aliya and I also went to Appetito in Newton for dinner, and I had my favorite favorite dish from the old days (pre-kids) – Tortiglioni Con Pollo.  Adlani’s mystery date with me is a cupcake-decorating class this Sunday.

#8of365 – Snow Day Prayer

Dear God, please give me the strength and patience to survive another snow day with 3 bickering kids cooped up in the house.  Protect us from failure of the internet, electricity, and battery power that supply our multitude of electronic entertainment devices.  Assist me in finding something to serve for lunch, since the pizza man has suspended delivery service for the duration of the storm.  Protect the clients that I speak to on the phone from overhearing inappropriate words exchanged during Lego-related arguments, and guide me to hide in the closet before answering calls from those who may influence my future career opportunities.  Help me to complete my work, enjoy my family, and catch up on the laundry, and ensure my husband’s safe journey home ASAP.  Amen.


#4of365 – Locker Room

Norah and Aliya both had swimming lessons this afternoon, and in the rush to get them into the family locker room and changed, I lost track of Adlani.  I could hear him calling me, and luckily he took off his shoes before he got into the locker.  For future reference, locks on lockers do not allow free egress from inside the locker.  Can you imagine fitting into a half-height locker?  Even if I could somehow squeeze in, I would die from claustrophobia.  You probably can’t die from claustrophobia but I’d give myself a heart attack or something.  I guess that’s one cause of death I don’t have to worry about, because unless it’s a meat locker, I’m not going to fit into it.

#3of365 – iPad Artwork

Norah LOVES to color, draw, and write.  And she’s extremely productive.  She creates page after page of drawings which she then presents to me as gifts.  I am forbidden to recycle any of them, so they turn into gigantic piles that add to the mess.  One of the unforeseen benefits of the iPad is that Norah can create drawings with really cool apps where she can draw with glitter, neon, change the background color, and she can save them electronically.  She doesn’t like this photo because of her “crazy hair” and “tired eyes,” but she was proud of her drawing of the two of us.