Bumblebee Sweet Potato

on therapy

landismom — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:02:52 +0000

A couple of months ago, I posted about the fact that the Bee’s anger management issues were coming to a head, and that we had found a therapist that we liked. I thought I’d come back and update on progress so far. Here’s a news flash–this shit is hard. The Good The Bee has made substantial progress in [...]

RIP Neda

landismom — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:52:04 +0000

I‘m not going to post a link to your tragic death mask, because, well, this is a family blog. But I am going to say thank you for your sacrifice. And I’m sorry. I tweeted earlier today that the images of your death reminded me of part of the Bertolt Brecht poem, “When Evil-Doing Comes Like [...]

on twitter and the iranian revolution

landismom — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:46:56 +0000

Way back in the first year of this blog, a little thing called Hurricane Katrina happened in this country. I was having kind of a slow week at work, and I sat in front of my laptop, day after day, watching the unfolding of a horror show that was fairly unprecedented in our country. One of [...]

end of the school year

landismom — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:46:08 +0000

The school year (and my PTA presidency) has taken about 8.3 weeks to end this year. But now, we’re into the home stretch–it’s just here to Friday. Tomorrow, I’ll perform my last official duty as the PTA president–delivering cake to the fifth graders at their commencement ceremony, and flowers to the fifth grade parents who [...]

thank you, electronic memory

landismom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:29:35 +0000

It’s a good thing I didn’t quit blogging this year. Because if I had quit blogging, when the Bee had asked me to help her write about her year in fourth grade, I would have actually had to remember something with my brain. Instead of just coming here and looking at the highlights. True story. [...]

a crime against boy-dom

landismom — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:21:39 +0000

Yesterday, I unwittingly committed a crime against boy-dom. I threw out the Potato’s gummy bugs. Let me back up. In kindergarten, the kids get a sticker every day that they are ‘good.’ The stickers are redeemable for prizes from the teacher’s prize basket. I’m not sure exactly how many stickers it takes to get a prize, but it [...]

ten things I love about my daughter

landismom — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:49:47 +0000

1. Despite the fact that it sometimes hits me personally, I love the fact that she is one. tough. girl. 2. Her enormous vocabulary 3. And wonderful sense of humor 4. Her agility, both in running and in thinking 5. The lovely, high arch of her foot 6. Like me, she’s an inveterate reader, and will spend many hours alone [...]

10 things I love about my son

landismom — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:10:33 +0000

1. The little sprinkle of freckles on his nose 2. His wide, wide smile 3. The way he wants us to pose math problems to him at every possible opportunity 4. His sweet & generous nature 5. When I come home from work, he runs up to me yelling, “Mommy!” and gives me a big hug 6. His ability to [...]

it comes and goes

landismom — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:48:25 +0000

I’m thinking that maybe I’ll be lucky if I post once a month in 2009. De-lurking for a moment, on this holiday weekend, to post. We’ve had an up and down month so far. Our spring, which has been filled with so much stress, finally exploded in the first week of May in a massive, all-out fight [...]

safety patrol

landismom — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:49:39 +0000

The Bee achieved a lifetime ambition this week, by being appointed to the school safety patrol. This is her, looking proud, but also irritated that I am publicly demonstrating that we are related, by taking her picture while she’s trying to be cool. Note the bright yellow belt, sign of maturity and imminent promotion into [...]