Perchance to dream? 11/10/09

This morning at six we began

With the waking of our little man

So we brought him to bed

Hoping he'd rest his head

For a while. So much for that plan.

Is Misbehavin', 11/9/09

Zachary. What do we do

With a little boy who acts like you?

Are you jealous or worried?

Your temper's so hurried

I just hope all this shall pass, too.

A Driving Force, 11/8/09

I'd like to drive a limousine

Not so that I would be seen

But so when my boys

Will not stop making noise

I could raise the privacy screen.

Saturday Night Fiver, 11/7/09

When you're a girl turning five

Apparently you want to jive

'Cause tonight we will go

To a birthday disco

Celebrating some stayin' alive.

I see some blue paint and I want to drink it all, 11/6/09

When you're barely older than two

I suppose it's expected that you

Will sometimes ingest

Things that really aren't best

For your stomach... and make your poo blue.

The Writing Bug, 11/5/09

If the screenwriting bug has you bitten,

And with visions of glamour, you're smitten

That feeling you've got

Is assuredly not

About writing. It's about having written.

Grown-up Proofing, 11/4/09

It's like a breath of fresh air

Having no baby gate on the stair

And yet I still try

When I'm passing by

To avoid it, though it isn't there.

Kinderview, 11/3/09

The interview went, as it should

With us praising our eldest as good:

Creative, insightful!

Completely delightful!

They would love him, I think, Wildwood.

The Switchwitch, 11/2/09

Each year after candy's collected

And the Halloween spoils dissected

The Switchwitch comes back

With a toy in her sack

For the candy that you have rejected.

No Good Deed, 11/1/09

At our preschool it was "Mitzvah Day"

When we take our kids and duly say:

"We're here to help others.

Sick kids, with no mothers."

And they respond, "when can we play?"

Happy Halloween! 10/31/09

That rock 'n' roll dude sure looks mean

But that pirate's the cutest I've seen

And they're coming for you

So what will you do?

Give them candy -- Happy Halloween!

'Twas the night before Halloween, 10/30/09

My children can hardly believe

The candy they're set to receive

That they border on spastic,

So enthusiastic

Are they this All Hallows' Eve's Eve.

Daylight savings, 10/29/01

I'd just like to thank Nate and Zach

Who no longer wake in pitch black

Which makes for a fun day...

Or it will until Sunday

When we have to turn the clocks back.

The wind blows, 10/28/09

Summer left us last night, in a huff

It's heat, it seems, had had enough

And so gave way to

The winds, how they blew

Knocking over a bunch of our stuff.

Newsunworthy, 10/27/09

My nightstand is starting to creak

Beneath issues unread, so I'll seek

Out a new magazine,

One that I haven't seen:

News-somewhat-less-than-a-week.

Pick up game, 10/26/09

As lawyerly legal tricks go,

This one's kinda starting to blow:

I'm not bound, yet not free

Because technically

They haven't yet picked up the show.

A four year-old, the three ages of dinosaurs, and two slackjawed parents, 10/25/09

It's apparent his brain is capacious

As tonight he once more got loquacious

Telling us how he knows

The geology goes

Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous.

Boys in the back seat, 10/24/09

Screaming like a banshee, a

Disobedient cacophony, the

Time that we'd had

Gone from lovely to bad...

And then came the diarrhea.

Optimism, 10/23/09

It might be too early to say

But it's possible that this screenplay

Is starting to break

And we just might make

A movie that's halfway okay.

Technical difficulties, 10/22/09

Yesterday, I tried to write

A limerick for this website

But it could not be posted

For the place that it's hosted

Was apparently down for the night.

"You came back!" 10/21/09

At last, little, one you've adjusted

To preschool, decided you trusted

Things would be okay

While Mommy's away

Which is nice. Cause her patience was busted.

I changed our flights from China, the least you can do is smile, 10/20/09

Having flown back to LA

Just in time for the kids' picture day

We fully expect

That the pics will reflect

This sacrifice that we have made.

Home again, home again, 10/19/09

Our flight to Chicago, delayed

So there in Columbus we stayed

Then moved heaven and earth

And through Dallas/Ft. Worth

With a connection we barely made.

East vs. West, 10/18/09

The cuisine of the Orient shows

That virtually anything goes

But the cuisine of Columbus

Is less of a rumpus

And this evening consists of Rubino's.

Not getting the memo, 10/17,09

I guess no one told OSU

That it's Wede's birthday, and to

Not lose the game

'Cause that'd be kind of lame

When she's 90 and it's just Purdue.