The Maker

Boy Bling

I had a vague idea that the Maker was collecting can tabs, but I had never seen this monstrously marvelous super-G chain of eco-money until he came downstairs with it on. As you can see from the sheer number of tabs — would you guess 500? he doesn’t know how many there are — he’s [...]

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The Amount of Fun You Can Fit In A Sock

Beanies fit nicely into a sock. Stockings are the best part of Christmas for this very reason. We’ve always been light on the gift-giving: each child receives two to four gifts under the tree, plus a stocking. The husband and I don’t exchange gifts at all (why on earth would we need to?). For some [...]

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Deer Bully: You’re Going Down

Besides the fact that this story features the triumph of a good deer over a clearly bad one, I like that the entire narrative is a single sentence. I was slightly disappointed that the knuckle sandwich never got delivered, but I also realize the author may have been facing some physiological issues he hadn’t encountered [...]

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Sneaky Boy Money Making Tactics

Gram and Papa Clyde took all of us to IHOP this morning before they headed back to Memphis. We dined sumptuously on pancakes, french toast, bacon, eggs, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, and the Maker and the Ice competed to see who could drink more of the little creamers in the baskets on our three [...]

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The Smell of the Very Last Baby

When the last of my baby boys grew out of his infant clothes I passed all of the marvelous tiny baby things I’d accumulated to another friend who needed them. Almost all. One of the Maker’s tee shirts (also worn by his older brothers when they were newborns) I folded carefully — unwashed — into [...]

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Umbrella Poem

The Maker is on a roll. Clearly the train theme from earlier in the week is still running, but today he’s responding to the three-day deluge with humor and creativity. Umbrellas keep you dry from the rain Just like if your riding a trian, Umbrellas keep you from the sun, When your having so much [...]

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My Train Kentucky Sneaky Love Poem

I found this poem from the Maker on my pillow yesterday; it was folded neatly into a homemade envelope and sealed with a tiny smiley face that had been cut out of masking tape. I Love you so mutch I cant explain Id’e like to rid whith you on a trian Id’e ride to kentucky [...]

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The Maker is in Love

With bar graphs. What could be more fun? Before Halloween, we had a family candy bowl, the contents of which I told him was mainly for his two brothers, who don’t trick or treat (house rule: no trick-or-treating after age 10). So the Maker carefully separated all the candy into equivalent piles for each brother [...]

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The Maker’s “To Do” List

And you thought your To Do list was daunting. I just happened to see this floating around the kitchen, and was amazed at the things a 9 year old needs to get done every day. fold close eat tomata eat ornge play computer eat stuf play with friende staring at Isaac & mom I think [...]

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