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Holiday Craft Time: Wreath Updates

Posted on December 9, 2012 by BrassyDel

Lately, “art time” around here actually means “preschool crafts,” aka “time for glitter, stickers, and a toddler trying to cut their own hair”. While I’m trying to make more time for my own glitter-free art, I’m also trying to make time to actually celebrate the seasons and holidays with my kids. So I put lights up around the front windows…

Sketchbook Doodles

Posted on December 2, 2012 by BrassyDel

Some super simple doodles from my current sketchbook, which is actually so very close to being full. The amount of time it takes me to fill a book is bordering ludicrous.

3 o’clock

Posted on November 19, 2012 by BrassyDel

Every day around 3pm, the atmosphere at our house shifts drastically. There’s yelling, crying, and whining about dinner, plus the kids are pretty crabby. I’m trying to cultivate some patience, but it seems to just walk out the front door by mid-afternoon. Which is exactly what my 3 year old would do if I didn’t have a gate up….

A Mixed Pair

Posted on September 17, 2012 by BrassyDel

As difficult as handling two kids can be at times, I really do like having two. Which is good, since I don’t think they’re refundable. And having them two years apart, almost exactly, means that they can actually play together, which is pretty much the single greatest part of having multiple children. Except when they misunderstand “playing together” to mean…

Take Your Best Shot

Posted on August 6, 2012 by BrassyDel

I drove up to my mother’s house late on a Friday afternoon, both kids in tow, and left them there. After I made them dinner and told my mother how to take care of them, because it’s not like she’s been taking care of children for over 30 years. Also, traffic was terrible. That’s not really related, but it was…

Kids, Dogs, and the Easily Offended

Posted on June 25, 2012 by BrassyDel

Having both dogs and children, I’ve noticed the myriad similarities. Having the inability to keep my opinions to myself, I’ve also noticed that some people get extremely offended when you compare children in general, and heaven forbid their child specifically, to dogs. I’m not talking about that one single relative who tells everyone at Thanksgiving about how Prince Fancypants Fwuffytoes…

Git ‘er done!

Posted on June 18, 2012 by BrassyDel

There were times, many years ago, when I was referred to as prolific. It may seem like a non-compliment, a nuetral observation or a politeness alluding to the superiority of quality over quantity, but it’s something I desperately miss about myself. Having an autoimmune disease means that I don’t necessarily look sick, but that doesn’t mean I’m not. Sometimes it…

March Madness

Posted on June 11, 2012 by BrassyDel

It is with surprising regularity that I find myself sick in March, one way or another, and not insignificantly so. One year in college, I didn’t get a flu shot and when I finally came down with it, I was sick for almost the entire month. For the worst week of it, I slept 18-22 hours a day. It didn’t…

I Found Springtime Indoors and It Was TERRIBLE

Posted on May 10, 2012 by BrassyDel

I always forget about the creepy crawly critter influx that happens when Spring begins, up until it starts happening. Creepy crawlies go from the ocassional indoor discovery to ALL THE DAMNED TIME. Spiders are fine. Outside. I am a highly evolved and well-educated mammal and I’m sorry, but I’m still afraid of spiders. And bugs. Especially ones with extra legs…

This Stinky Toy is Awesome!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by BrassyDel

If you recall, Tank is not a huge fan of children (or quiet), though since working with an Animal Behaviourist at the beginning of last summer, he’s come a long way. It was actually a very quick turn around, and I’m beyond glad we were able to keep him AND have it safe for everyone. However, while his patience has…