On Rules of the Naughty Chair...

Found myself having to lay down some law with young miles today. while he was in his "naughty chair," i told him he needed to remember THREE RULES!!! 1) NO HITTING! 2) listen to mom & dad! and then the dreaded parental moment: i didn't actually have a third that was relevant. so i improvised: 3) "always be clos...ing." man, that kid is gonna be lucky to make it out of childhood with some shred of normalcy...

On hiding, but more importantly on seeking

THREE SURE-FIRE WAYS TO FIND MILES DURING HIDE-N-SEEK: 1) when it's your turn to seek, look in the last place you hid 2) when you're counting aloud to ten, don't say the last three numbers and listen from whence the tiny-voiced "...;s...ezen... eight. ni-iine" comes. 3) look in the kitchen closet

On entertaining the childrens sans television...

Trying to figure out how i prepare for a scheduled 4 hour power outage tomorrow morning (9am-1pm). seriously? can i feed the kids cheerios in the truck? i'm not sure their breakfast will digest without television? oh good lord! i won't ...have internet! that's it, gotta find a 24-hour place that sells generators...