http://www.littlekitegirl.com Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:25:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I was tooling around the internet the other day and I found this: I couldn't believe my eyes!  For shiz, that baby SAVED HIS OWN LIFE.  And all of a sudden my desire for Camper to swim went up like a million kajillion degrees.  Obviously, he's only  months old, but ... http://www.littlekitegirl.com/2009/07/02/swim-bubbs-swim/ So I have this philosophy.  It's born from watching lots of moms with healthy, happy sons, and lots of babysitting experience.  (I always babysat boys for some reason.  I had a few weekly jobs that I did for years, and one mom would pay me above and beyond what anyone ... http://www.littlekitegirl.com/2009/07/01/wear-me-out/ Last week I brought Camper with me to piano lessons.  My students had been asking to meet him, and although I knew he'd be a huge distraction, I brought him and La La along to help so that I'd actually be able to teach.  Speedracer had his lesson first so ... http://www.littlekitegirl.com/2009/06/30/on-the-go/ In one sentence, the reason I have not watched Real World in years: "I'm making out with Courtnee and Bronne's making out with her mom!" This show is truly disturbing.  They bring a bunch of kids together at a time in their life that they are MOST likely to make big mistakes, ... http://www.littlekitegirl.com/2009/06/29/ucky/ So John and I had our first weekly "financial" meeting.  This is something we agreed on last week when we set up our weekly budget and our budget calendar.  We write the amount of money we have to spend on Sunday, then deduct as we go through the week and ... http://www.littlekitegirl.com/2009/06/28/20/ So my Mom and I wanted "something to do" this afternoon.  We didn't want to spend money, so we did some investigative work instead.  What I learned was: Pools are expensive, yo.  Even the one I THOUGHT was $35 a year is apparently $35 before they will allow me to pay ... http://www.littlekitegirl.com/2009/06/26/swimmy-scoundrals-and-other-complete-misses/