Category: Life with Children

When I watched the Nature Channel, Some things I never understood; Like, why some monkeys have no tails And why a cobra has a hood. Why some smart chimps can’t learn to talk And why some beetles live on dung. But most of all I wondered why An animal would eat its young. My kids […]

“Mommy, look, another gray hair Just why do you have so many?” “Each time you are bad I get one. When you’re good, I don t get any.” Suzy looked at Grandma’s picture Then with voice a little sad. “Mommy, when you were still little Were you really all that bad?”

My mom thinks it is luck That she is still alive. But it was her idea To teach me how to drive. She said it would be fun ‘Cause what could be so hard? When she screamed, “Step on the brake!” I trashed the neighbor’s yard. Which one is the stupid brake? Two pedals sure […]

Little Tommy asked me to write A funny poem about him. About how good he can count And how fast that he can swim. He asked me to be sure and write Just how tall that he has grown. About his bug collection That he gathered on his own. He said to write how quick […]

A messy sandwich and a baby, It was tough to hold the two. I gave the baby to my wife; I knew that she’d know what to do. I licked the mustard from my finger Then I heard my dear wife say. “Little Darling’s stinky pooh-pooh.” That kind of thought can ruin one’s day. I […]