nine

Long time readers have watched Mr. G grow up on this blog.  I was pregnant with him when I went to the U of Iowa Summer Writing Festival and...

why green girl's sons will get a crash course in history this month

Last night, after the fireworks and grilling and swimming, the kids clustered 'round the bonfire to roast marshmallows and make s'mo...

some thoughts on China, intellectual property and Motherhood 101

First, dear reader, let's get up to speed on some international politics: America has it on pretty   very good authority that China stea...

in which green girl brags a little

So far 2013 is a great year.  Saturday night the Packers POUNDED the Vikings into submission.  Season 3 of Downton Abbey has begun.  I work...

clinger

Mr. G has always been an early riser.  For years he'd crawl into bed next to me and patiently wait for 6:00 when I'd turn on TV and ...

over and over

I kept hearing the same things out of other mother's mouths all weekend long: "I'm having a hard time buying another violent vi...

tradition

Last night the boys had their school Christmas program.  I cannot express to you how quaint this Catholic church is to me, the lavish old-fa...

competitive much?

    a hard-headed kid wearing a hard hat. It's black belt candidate training again and this time Mr. G's testing for 1st degree and ...

we're there

Years ago I started taking this picture of Mr. D walking the kids to school. It's kind of a cool way to measure their growth since Mr. D...

she's THAT mom

All day long I squawk at the boys, "FIND SOMETHING TO DO."  I'm forever shooing them away from TV sets and video games all wee...

midsummer assessment

There are rabbits all over our yard and yet the DOG who is supposed to be a CARNIVORE is napping in the shade and eating raspberries out of ...

water crimes

Yeah, so Mr. B had this water thing when he was little.  It started when he was about 2 years old, coinciding with the birth of Mr. G for an...

true

*  I'll have a teenager by the end of the week.  Good grief. *  Mr. G told me the other day he knows where he wants to go for his birthd...

in the corners

It's amusing to look in the corners at my house.  Team Testosterone leaves a trail of their life all over the place.  Behold: A Lego spa...

the mom code

I'm lucky on Mother's Day.  I get to spend the day alone with my boys, which is kind of like any other day of the year, but differen...

the ebb and flow of memory

Poetic title today, isn't it?  And apt, too.  Yesterday I got an email updating me on Mr. G's tournament team practice schedule and ...

and speaking of

The clock change made my kids really, really crabby this morning. I'm pretty certain whoever's in charge of daylight savings time d...

would you rather fight lice or zombies?

Yesterday Team Testosterone came barging through the door shouting "We don't have school tomorrow!" Gleefully they began stri...

oooh, baby, it's a wild world

I'll never tell which member of the Team asked--confidentiality is a big deal around Chez Green Girl--but they saw the words on a banne...

pandora's box

It's been opened, I fear. Monday Mr. T had a friend over, a nice kid who we really like. He brought his new ipod touch and the boys sw...