Author Archives: Kath

Bedtime has become a fiasco.  Mommy, something hurts.  (The mysterious unspecified “something.”  If I pretend to be sick, maybe she won’t make me stay in my room by myself.)  Mommy, come check on me.  Mommy, be in my room while … Continue reading →

DB is very good at entertaining himself.  He gets engrossed in driving his cars or his trains, or in building roads and tracks for the cars and trains to drive on, and will concentrate for 15 or 20 minutes – … Continue reading →

DB has amazing eyesight.  Or rather, amazing visual acuity [n. shrewdness, acuteness of perception].  He can look out of the window and see a brown speckled bird in the brown speckled grass.  He points out every airplane passing through our portion … Continue reading →

Want to have some fun?  (Or earn yourself a few moments of silence in a frantic day?)  Tell your resident three-year-old who is demanding to see a school bus to “keep your eyes peeled.” (Freeze.  Especially the eyes.) (Pause.) (Palpable … Continue reading →

I am going to give myself such a dope-slap when I realize I’ve actually published this post with that title.  As I said earlier, I’m an agonizer.  (“It’s cute!” “No, it’s offensive!” “No, it’s just lame!” “But you only have … Continue reading →

Hello.  My name is Katherine.  And I’m an agonizer.  Fortunately I have learned over time not to fret about EVERYthing; I no longer second-guess myself endlessly over, say, what I should have on my burger at Five Guys.  I still, … Continue reading →

I knew the time would come that DB would grow out of his little-boy ways of speaking.  He’s all Mr. Complete Sentences now – the other morning he looked out the window and said, “Somebody is sweeping snow off the … Continue reading →