Category: From PlainJaneMom.com

  • See, this is why I needed a brother…

    The other day I heard Henry in the other room giving Charlie a lesson in how to fart silently so his classmates wouldn’t hear. I almost ruptured my spleen trying not to laugh, but frankly it is good, practical advice which will serve him well next year in Kindergarten. Possibly I should warn his teacher…

  • Awww.

    Charlie (4.5) and I were alone tonight way past bedtime waiting for Craig to bring big brothers Ed and Henry home from a movie party. I asked Charlie if he missed his brothers, and he said “Yeah.” Me: “I don’t have any brothers. What’s it like?” Charlie: [Pause.] “It’s like… being really happy.” Me: “What…

  • AYSO is hard core

    This year Craig signed up to coach Ed’s soccer team. Previously he’s been assistant coach, but this year they were short on volunteers. So part of his “training” is doing an online course in safety and procedures and such. And generally the training is reasonable and helpful and pretty much what you’d expect. Except when…

  • Dear Mom: please don't murder me

    I’m a big believer in letting kids look like what they want to look like. I only pick out their outfits when we’re going someplace fancy, and they get to choose what haircut they want. So when my older two boys wanted REALLY short hair, of course the 4 year old had to have it…

  • Awesome day

    My day began running my 4 year old to the bathroom so he could throw up in the tub. Repeat throughout the day. I was just changing into my PJs and heard the 17 year old cat starting to vomit — I made him do it in his water bowl so I wouldn’t have to…

  • My fortune

    Sometimes I just like to shut my eyes and fall into the middle of the pile of my boys and get my fill of their love and joy.

  • My memory has just been sold

    Lately I’ve been reading a great book series which I’d like to post about, but I just can’t stomach having to add the ‘this is NOT a sponsored post’ or ‘I bought these with my own money’ disclaimers. It’s discouraging and off-putting.

  • DVD "extras"? Give me a break.

    I’ve never ever ever watched a DVD ‘deleted scene’ which was wrongly cut out of the move — why do they include this crap??

  • Answer to: Who Stumbled me?

    Ever get some traffic to your site via Stumbleupon and wish you could figure out who to thank? I thought this was common knowledge, but apparently it isn’t, so I’ll share this sweet tip with you. Let’s say that this is the URL to a post of yours which is getting traffic from Stumbleupon: http://tryhandmade.com/passive-aggressive-lunch-notes/…

  • One hell of a long day

    Got all three boys to the dentist at 7:30 this morning. Everybody got cleanings, Henry got Xrays, and Ed got sealants, they we took them all to school. I went with Craig to his 11:40 appointment for a bone marrow biopsy. (Think medieval corkscrew into his hip bone.) They say it’s probably nothing, but you…

  • How I have ruined my children

    About every other week I’ll make pancakes for dinner. The kids love it! But there’s one problem. I’m not much of a June Cleaver making pancakes on weekend mornings, so the other day when I offered them pancakes for breakfast, they freaked out. Pancakes for breakfast??? You should have seen the looks they gave me.…

  • Want

    Come to me all you glorious Fluevogs…

  • Handmade Fashion Week

    It’s getting Mooshy over on Try Handmade. Check out Casey’s guest post about wearing handmade at Fashion Week and hear more about her exciting trip last month.

  • Hey, so speaking of X, let me tell you about Y…

    Anyone besides me wonder if the networking at this year’s BlogHer will consist largely of sponsored conversations? Is everyone going to be handing out their sponsor’s business cards instead of their own? Will everyone be wearing corporate T shirts? I’m not knocking the practice, but since I’m not going to BlogHer this year, you’ll all…

  • My biggest problem with "Lost"

    WHY won’t this guy take off his tie?? Seriously, he’s stranded on a hot island, traveling through time, having near-death experiences every day… and he’s concerned about the level of sartorial formality expected of him? Daniel Faraday is one freaky dude.

  • I'll never admit which ones…

    ..but there are some blogs which I constantly confuse with other blogs, and now I know I’ll never sort out which babies / problems / issues belong to which blogger. Erika is a bad blogger!

  • We've got creatures stirring

    Merry Christmas from all of us here in Christmas-mania-land. xoxoxo, e

  • Get your special breakfast ready now

    I just finished getting my Cream Cheese Coffeecakes ready to go for tomorrow morning, and if you’re looking for a great prepare-ahead pastry brunch, then look no further. This recipe is from my late mother-in-law who made it every year, and Craig really enjoys it when I re-create it. The only unusual ingredient is block-style…

  • Shhh, it's just a hint…

    37 seconds of unadulterated awesome. More news soon — I know you just can’t wait after this tasty tasty sample. (…Clearing space on my mantel for my Emmy…)

  • Craig won't let me use this as our Christmas card

    Bastard…

  • My favorite time of the week

    Friday afternoon after I’ve picked up all three boys, popped some popcorn and turned on a movie (today it’s A Charlie Brown Christmas)… This is my favorite time during the week. We’ve almost all made it home safely — Craig won’t be home for a few hours — we almost never have anything we have…