More Than Four Sides

Category: Parenting

  • A shabbat-free shabbat

    I noted on FaceBook today our dear friends who made every effort to get home from their Disney vacation in time for Shabbat.  They, of course, planned ahead, and have everything ready to go (apparently), with some help from worthy accomplices. We are never so foresighted in our Shabbat planning.  Not at home, and never…

  • The Magic Kingdom, and beyond…

    It’s 45 minutes before midnight, and I wish I could cook some of the meal we will enjoy tomorrow, but with my MIL sleeping on the sofa in the living room, which is really just the other end of the first floor that the kitchen is in, that’s not a go. So, I’m posting briefly,…

  • What causes croup? (Other than pertussis)

    My last post hit the Internet about 30 minutes before midnight, and we were just packing in to go to bed. Clothes loaded into the washer, R (the DH, or dad – not sure if I’ve used his initial before now, but figure I might as well – at least it’s unique in our household)…

  • En route

    We’re in Georgia now, about 3 1/2 hours away from our destination. We stopped for dinner last night at Pizzeria Uno’s near the Potomac Mills mall in Northern Virginia. Our hope was to fill the boys tummies up with nice warm food, and have them sleep through most of the drive. Pizza was a unanimous…

  • Cough, cough, cough…

    J has been coughing. Again. While his big brother tends to stay healthy through all weather, and all exposures, J seems prone to catch every bug, and develop every respiratory complication possible. He caught a cold last week, and now he’s left with a residual cough. Because of his reactive airways, we are the proud…

  • Kid-centered shabbat

    This week has been a little crazy, as I’ve been covering for a colleague, and taking care of an inpatient team at the hospital.  Usually, this would be a two-week  or a four-week rotation for me, but because I’m just covering until the next attending physician takes over, it’s only 9 days – last sunday…

  • Rehearsal night

    Tonight was my choir rehearsal night. It’s one of my two regular weekly activities that serve to restore my soul. The other is my voice lesson, so they’re both about singing. (That’s tomorrow). But today’s rehearsal was a little complicated. Dad left early this morning (really early!) to spend the day with our niece in…

  • Last day of the election season

    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2012/map/calc.html#states=lrGmp5qGBlvGmqBlKp It’ll all be over tomorrow – I hope! The US will finally go to the polls, and sometime tomorrow night, we will finally know whether Barack Obama will stay in office for four more years, or we’ll have Mitt Romney in the White House, dismantling the health care reform that so resembles what he…

  • Weekend project

    A challenge to blogging daily for a month is Friday and Saturday, since from 18 minutes before sunset on Friday until after sunset on Saturday we don’t write or use technology. How did you do it, Father Goof??? So I’m cheating a bit, with an image of the pile of clothes that need to be…

  • The day after…

    We were so lucky. Sandy swept through, but we never lost power, our basement didn’t flood, and our roof remained almost completely intact (little leak into our bathroom). So, today, we faced a day of drizzle, and two bored boys. So, we invited a friend of S’s over to play. This strategy to survive the…