Comments on: House of Wonder

By: kalurah

kalurah — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:27:57 +0000

awww…..those are soooo sweet.
I love gifts like these!

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Me too! ~W

By: Evidently » Blog Archive

Evidently » Blog Archive — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:07:10 +0000

[...] ceramic houses make me happy… I think, in part, because they remind me so much of the wee houses Boy Wonder made me last year, only sturdier. They are made by the ever fabulous Emily of [...]

By: Princess' Mom

Princess' Mom — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:21:14 +0000

I am such a Capricorn (or Crappycorn, depending upon my outlook). I tell you, it’s a heavy thing being a goat.

Thank goodness I gave birth to no others, however, I do have a Taurus. Care to guess which one?????

Thought you’d guess right…

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Hmm… would that Ms. Princess, Supreme Ruler of All She Surveys and Even Stuff She Can’t See But is Pretty Sure is Hers to Command? Heh. I must admit to being pretty ignorant of the personality traits of the astrological signs. But I do subscribe to Free Will Astrology—because Rob Brezsney just rocks. (http://www.freewillastrology.com) ~W

By: d

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:19:52 +0000

what astoria blog meet up?

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The one I planned today. I sent you email. ~W

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:16:44 +0000

I never had singing in the back of the car at that age, we had screaming, kicking fits. I don’t miss those at ALL. Younger Son still dances in the supermarket, even at an age where people stare. I don’t care. You take what you can get!

I am worried about Boy Wonder. Do you think something is going on at school that he is keeping inside? It is amazing how secretive kids can be sometimes.

The houses are so cute. I miss those things from Older Son.

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Oh! I didn’t mean for you to be concerned. Just today he spontaneously decided to go shopping for Christmas. Using his own money!! Will wonders never cease? He’s just leaving childhood behind. It’s a slow, slow process. ~W

By: IZ

IZ — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:50:03 +0000

The houses are awesome. Done with love on an impulse - can’t ask for more than that… truly special.

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Yeah, wonder who he gets that from? ~W

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:30:43 +0000

For girls it starts about then or a little later, and it is NOT fun. Suddenly instead of being the most important person in their world, I was “the enemy.” It was all I could do not to whine that I didn’t do anything wrong! (except loving and parenting them which is not really what they want at that age) I had to learn to back away, and give some space. It was very difficult.

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Fortunately, these moody episodes are short lived and the sunny boy comes back. But, those moods are coming with more regularity and I can see my future and I’m very frightened of next few years. However, lately—he’s seems to know when he’s pushed too hard and works really hard to “make it up” for a few days before Grim shows back up… which is how I got the houses. ~W

By: Karan

Karan — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:56:49 +0000

If they started out this way, we’d send the all back right…yes?

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Oh! Point taken. :D ~W

By: IZ

IZ — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:39:17 +0000

That’s a really lovely piece of writing. As usual you tell a great story. Of course - the one thing that I’m compelled to mention is that the evil twin has always been there - lest we forget the 2 hour long screaming fits said boy used to have… As I’ve mentioned before, I believe that kids as they hit their teens - experiment with how much of their inner toddler they should let out. It isn’t so much that they are an “angry teenager” as much as their inner toddler is just getting the better of them at that particular moment… but I digress.

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Oof… I do remember those 45 minute screaming jaggs he’d go on after he woke from a nap. You may be right. I have to give it to him, on the houses. They are pretty darn cute! ~W

By: daddyo in eugene

daddyo in eugene — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:04:21 +0000

wow… I think your son must have sprung from the same mystery tree. Mine’s still three weeks from birthday #10, but he has a well-developed (and increasingly present) evil twin. Mom is at the end of her rope. I’m out of ideas. We homeschool three kids, but this one we put into public school last week just to give him a break from mom and vice versa, and in hopes he would learn something rather than just grumping about the tasks she was asking him to do. Why is it that he is so charming and bright for others, but such a dark cloud at home?

Maybe some kids are here just to test that whole “unconditional love” concept.

If you come up with any great solutions, ideas, strategies, please share them. Good luck.

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I’m thinking you might be right on the whole “unconditional love” concept. As for solutions, hey, I’m just trying to weather this storm. ~W