Raw Drip

Over a month ago now, I wrote about the incredibly kind, sensitive, focused child Adam has become in his new preschool. Well, it looks like the honeymoon is over.
I’ve gone from not recognizing the angel in Preschool II to not recognising the devil being described to me. Ugh. Such is the life of a parent. [...]

Snot, boogies, nose nuggets, “a fly in the bush”, “a bat in the bat cave”, “a boog hanging”,  nasal secretions, or a rhinolith (the medical term) – whatever you want to call ‘em, boogers are a source of endless fascination for Adam.  Dick and I have spent countless hours reminding him to get his finger [...]

I am terrified of numbers.  Ever since my 3rd grade teacher insisted on subjecting me to repeated public humiliation as I stumbled my way through my times tables, I’ve been convinced that Math is a menace, intent on torturing us zany creative types who’d rather be out doing decoupage.  
Things only got worse between me and my arch nemesis, [...]