Comments on: If Only There Were Such a Thing http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1412 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 23:01:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1412&cpage=1#comment-12018 girldetective Sun, 04 May 2008 14:12:20 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1412#comment-12018 Yeah, that pretty much encapsulates much of parenting for me--lots of drudgery and occasional funny/joyful moments. Better to record the latter than the former. Drake has been listening pretty well lately, and everyone is breathing sighs of relief. I lost my voice earlier this week, and thought, "Well, my kids don't listen to me anyway, so no biggie. Of course, they did still expect me to keep up my quota of reading/singing, which I did in whispers. Then they complained that they couldn't hear me. I told them to listen harder. Yeah, that pretty much encapsulates much of parenting for me–lots of drudgery and occasional funny/joyful moments. Better to record the latter than the former.

Drake has been listening pretty well lately, and everyone is breathing sighs of relief.

I lost my voice earlier this week, and thought, “Well, my kids don’t listen to me anyway, so no biggie. Of course, they did still expect me to keep up my quota of reading/singing, which I did in whispers. Then they complained that they couldn’t hear me. I told them to listen harder.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1412&cpage=1#comment-12001 Kirk Fri, 02 May 2008 16:35:53 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1412#comment-12001 I must say, I do enjoy living vicariously through the Kids Say the Darndest Things of my friends' children. And I think I'm quite content with that being the extent of my involvement with kids -- just the winning one-liners. I must say, I do enjoy living vicariously through the Kids Say the Darndest Things of my friends’ children. And I think I’m quite content with that being the extent of my involvement with kids — just the winning one-liners.

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