Category Archives: On Parenting
When doing good doesn’t feel so great
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Rey-smaller NULL.jpg)(originally posted 10/2017) In the latest litter we fostered there was a clear runt, tiny and watchful, all head and twitchy ears. We should have named her Yoda but the kids dug in on Peanut. She … Continue reading
The Rabbit In The Soccer Net
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Rabbit NULL.jpg) (originally posted 10/2014) The other day my six-year-old ran in the house screaming: “A RABBIT IS STUCK IN THE SOCCER NET!” When I went outside the poor thing was writhing frantic, the webbing wrapped double … Continue reading
Paddling Blind
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/kayak2 NULL.jpg) (originally posted 7/2014) Last week my yoga class decided to meet on the water. “We’ll go visit the swans,” Erin said as she directed three of us into kayaks. She climbed into her own — well, … Continue reading
Stepping up
While I was in Washington DC for the March for our Lives, this happened. Our foster cat had her babies. No matter that I’d spent the past week sleeping on an air mattress in her little room. This was her … Continue reading
Locker room talk when you’re 7, 9, and 11
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lg_285f59dbcf5e-hauntedhouseghoststories_hallway-door NULL.jpg)Overheard from the hall outside the younger boys’ bedroom after lights-out: “Did you know that every 20 minutes a new batch of boogers grows in your nose? True story.”
There be monsters and other wishlist travel
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Wade1 NULL.jpg)Kids love adventures. Although I didn’t buy red dot gun sights (https://palmettostatearmory NULL.com/sights-optics-scopes/red-dot-sights NULL.html) for them, I support their interests in adventurous sports. Over summer vacation my kids were addicted to RIVER MONSTERS, the extreme fishing adventure … Continue reading
Snapshot of a morning
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Screen-Shot-2016-01-07-at-1 NULL.39 NULL.50-PM NULL.png)The 6yo hops into my room in a tote bag, sack-race style, a beanbag chair strapped to his back. Me: “What are you doing?” Him, deadpan: “Living wild.” A minute later the 8yo comes in, … Continue reading
Being six
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/armfarts NULL.png)Took the six-year-old to the doctor yesterday. All the older siblings were at home so he took center stage, chattering and wisecracking through the whole visit. Afterward I suggested that maybe he could have toned it down. … Continue reading
Night shift
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/greenfieldbegone NULL.jpg) Driving past highway construction last night, had a heated conversation with the younger boys about jobs that sometimes require working when other people are sleeping. Nope, shouldn’t be necessary, says the 5yo. “What about doctors and … Continue reading
The sports pacifist’s lament
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/soccerball121374068115 NULL.jpg) The 5yo on Kindergarten soccer. “Everyone says to be aggressive,” he complains. “But it would be a lot easier if the other guy just walked away from the ball.”
