Can You Relate?

be your own man

Last Thursday, after three weeks of watching KeenanKeenan aka: Kman
Age: 16
"Special" Qualities: Door slamming, stomping and eye rolling (can do it all in one impressive motion).
Best Qualities: The softest kindest heart, hysterical and quite charming when he tries. look at his hair in the mirror all the way to school and complain NON STOP about how it sucked, I took him to get it cut. I scheduled an appointment with... more please

posted: 08/02/2011

the silence...the beautiful wonderful silence

As the story of my life unfolds it has become abundantly clear that thirty percent of it will be spent sleeping, twenty percent at the grocery store, ten percent drinking, eight percent eating, and fifteen percent in a phone store... more please

posted: 08/02/2011

something wicked this way comes

A post from last year as I will be spending my day hurling from one too many spins on the damn teacups at Disneyland.  Yesterday KeenanKeenan aka: Kman
Age: 16
"Special" Qualities: Door slamming, stomping and eye rolling (can do it all in one impressive motion).
Best Qualities: The softest kindest heart, hysterical and quite charming when he tries. stayed home from school with a "headache".  The headache started after a helmet to helmet... more please

posted: 12/14/2010

it's a bird, it's a human, it's a teen boy

Yesterday NoahNoah aka: Mac Daddy
Age: 15
"Special" Qualities: Holds a grudge for longer than you can remember the offense. Talks nonstop
Best Qualities: Wakes up with a smile every day and walks to the beat of his own drum. and I were sitting outside together watching a hawk circling overhead. Me: Wow. He sure is beautiful.Noah: (staring thoughtfully at the hawk) He sure is.Me: I wonder what he is circling.Noah: I don’t know. (a dreamy look in... more please

posted: 09/12/2010

he said come, hahahahaha

Once a week, after ColtonColton aka: Moose, Duece, Colt, CJ
Age: 6
Favorite Word: Fart
Hobbies:  Playing in the dirt, setting off fire alarms at preschool and bossing people around.
Best Qualities:  The sweetest disposition this side of the Mississippi. has gone to bed, the rest of us sit down to a late dinner and play a game while eating. This week we chose 20 Questions. It's kind of a reverse 20 questions from the... more please

posted: 06/29/2010

my eight year old convict - the conclusion

I checked the boys out of camp and loaded them into the car. As I pulled out of the parking lot, I made a left instead of the usual right.KeenanKeenan aka: Kman
Age: 16
"Special" Qualities: Door slamming, stomping and eye rolling (can do it all in one impressive motion).
Best Qualities: The softest kindest heart, hysterical and quite charming when he tries. asked, “Where are we going?” “We have to go to the... more please

posted: 03/15/2010

my eight year old convict: part deux

In case you missed it. Read this first. Part One. The voice answered, “Encinitas Police Department. Non emergency line.”“Um. Hi,” I stuttered. “I know this is going to sound really stupid and I am so sorry to waste your... more please

posted: 03/12/2010

my eight year old convict

During the summer of KeenanKeenan aka: Kman
Age: 16
"Special" Qualities: Door slamming, stomping and eye rolling (can do it all in one impressive motion).
Best Qualities: The softest kindest heart, hysterical and quite charming when he tries.’s eighth year of life I sent him to summer camp. The second week of camp as we were eating dinner, he casually said, “Mom I need twenty dollars for tomorrow.”Confused and wondering why the camp... more please

posted: 03/11/2010