Thanks, kid.

Elizabeth is watching television.

E: Mom?! You have diabetes, right?!
S: What? No, I don't. Why?
E: Awwww. If you did, we could get these free cookbooks.

On a related note - Sprout, why are you showing commercials for free diabetes cookbooks?

Wrong Line of Work (This Week, At Least)

This past week tried to kill me. I think it was because of the long Thanksgiving weekend combined with our first snowfall resulting in accumulation. The kids were really keyed up, I was still tired from all of our Thanksgiving adventures, Jake refused to nap three days out of five, and when you throw several hours of girl scout leader training in there - not to mention an emergency trip to Target for snow boots for Elizabeth - I just didn't rise to the occasion. I yelled too much, I retreated into the computer too much, and I wasn't patient enough. Mom guilt, I have it.

Next week will be better. They deserve better. Even when I want to feed them to the bears.