Comments on: My Kid Can’t Spit

By: kristen from motherload

kristen from motherload — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:42:35 +0000

Monica:

Most Likely to be Tardy… what an honor. Hope you have that on your resume!

I was Class Clown one year in high school–hard to imagine (ahem).

And at my yacht club growing up I got an award for being the most reckless sailor.

I’ve never let these honors go to my head though, and I worked long and hard to get them.

By: kristen from motherload

kristen from motherload — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:38:38 +0000

Mahasin: Your comment was hiding in my spam folder. Happy I just found it! Just read it to my husband who is freaked out by our parallel lives. I love it! And hope your bday was fabulous! xoxo

By: Monica M

Monica M — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:32:34 +0000

You know how they have those “Most Likely to Succeed”, “Best Dressed”, “Most Popular”, etc… sections in high school yearbooks? Well, not to brag, but I won (along with a friend) the honor of “Most Likely to Be Tardy” my senior year. They even did a photo of us, in which we were featured getting our late passes from the main office. See, even the non-achievers now have role models!

By: Mahasin

Mahasin — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:15:48 +0000

Delurking to say that my kids suck at following directions and walking from the car to the front door without stopping 20 times to touch bugs, throw dirt, run around the car, or fight with each other. On the bright side, they excel at screaming at the top of their lungs in complete harmony while I drive! ( The Oakland mommy reader born on May 10, educated in RI, whose mom had cancer too, who reads religiously, but posts sporadically.) PS– On a side note, I think that I once saw you in Whole Foods in Oakland– I almost screamed, but decided not to say anything lest you think that I’m a stalker, which I am not!;)

By: kristen

kristen — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:07:09 +0000

Jeff:

Yes, I believe that is called childhood.

Although I’m really old and I still have trouble listening and sitting still at the dinner table. ESPECIALLY on Halloween night.

Did your mother ever make you eat dinner on Halloween? I think that should be outlawed! What kid in their right mind can actually be expected to sit down and eat a balanced meal before going out trick or treating? Sheesh. My mom was mean.

Of course, on Christmas morning I don’t let my kids open presents until I make my cranberry bread (from scratch, of course) and pop it into the oven.

But that is DIFFERENT.

By: kristen

kristen — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:02:50 +0000

Andrea:

Speaking of your kids and school–did I ever tell you I have a crush on their high school principal after reading your book?

Well there. I said it.

I just loved everything he had to say. Seemed like such a smart chap.

And/or the dot illustration of him was particularly becoming.

By: Jeff P

Jeff P — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:01:45 +0000

my kid sucks at listening and sitting still at the dinner table

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:48:04 +0000

I hate it when other parents brag, too, which is why I always talk about my kids as if they spend each school day drooling in the corner. I think I do this to show those over-competitive parents that an average child is still worth loving.