Category: Life with Children

She saw Billy drawing pictures. He was really concentrating. He had used a lot of colors, On the work he was creating. So she asked what he was drawing, As he drew with an earnest frown. With the colors he was using, She thought, a peacock or a clown. He was deep in concentration But […]

While walking in the neighborhood On her usual evening stroll… Mrs. Jones saw little Bobby Covering up a great big hole. “What are you doing?” She asked him, “I bet you’re burying treasure.” Little Bobby just shook his head, Packing dirt with boyish pleasure. “It’s just a rat grave,” Bobby said, “I just now saw […]

My house is not the cleanest place But it’s where all my children live. I sacrifice a spotless home For all the love and care I give. Mom brags about my sister’s house, That you can eat right off her floor. On mine one finds a lot to eat, Dropped there a day or two […]

“I pooped in my potty!” She was so very proud. At the top of her voice Lotty yelled it out loud. Her mother came running Just to look at her work. Lotty stood by her pot With an I-did-it smirk. Now Mommy had promised A new toy to Lotty The first time that she put […]

I was lying down on the couch, Deeply engrossed in my study book, When Peggy Sue held her finger out And said, “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy look!” So I stuck her finger in my mouth And pretended that I was chewing. I said that I was eating sugar When Peggy asked what I was doing. She […]