Adventures of The Spermudgeon & The Scribbler

November 18, 2011December 3, 2011 ~ Kana Smith ~ 51 Comments

(If you didn't guess from the title, there's some adult-ish content here... Just so you know.) You've no doubt already gathered that I get a kick out of teasing my husband about his age. He's wonderfully young at heart (and wonderfully good-humored about my endless ribbing)--and given that he was in college when I was … Continue reading Adventures of The Spermudgeon & The Scribbler

Boxers & Blugs

November 17, 2011December 8, 2011 ~ Kana Smith ~ 50 Comments

I recently took the FaceBook quiz, “What kind of underwear are you?” Please don’t ask me why I would do such a thing. (Ironically, I hit cancel rather than let the results post to my FB page—because I didn’t want people to know I was so silly. But here we are…) I’m sure you can … Continue reading Boxers & Blugs

A Day of Dragons, with Chocolate Pi

November 13, 2011December 4, 2011 ~ Kana Smith ~ 19 Comments

It's been a day of Dragons in our household. Christian's long-anticipated pre-order of Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance" arrived (as did his invisible Dragon-friend's pre-order, a book which apparently features small dragons who ride people)... nicely timed with a released update to his favorite DragonVale game on Mom's iPad, and arrival of the movie "Eragon" from Netflix … Continue reading A Day of Dragons, with Chocolate Pi

A worm by any other name would be… a Hobbit

November 11, 2011July 11, 2012 ~ Kana Smith ~ 34 Comments

Our son Christian is NOT a "Chris." He doesn't even acknowledge "Chris" as a version of his name--doesn't respond to it at all. I had to explain that to his first T-ball coach (not because I'm a fussy mom who insists on a full name--in fact, I had assumed when I named him that he … Continue reading A worm by any other name would be… a Hobbit

Sex-Ed in a nutshell: “Huh.THAT’s kinda gross.”

November 5, 2011November 5, 2011 ~ Kana Smith ~ 27 Comments

"Let me tell ya 'bout the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees.." ~from that song on the "hits of the 60s" cassette my parents used to play in the car Even as a toddler, my son Christian was always a detail-oriented, literal-minded little guy. He was the kind of two-year-old who … Continue reading Sex-Ed in a nutshell: “Huh.THAT’s kinda gross.”

The Mom-Handbook [you never got]

November 3, 2011July 11, 2012 ~ Kana Smith ~ 20 Comments

Thank you for your purchase of Mom's-in-Trouble version 1.0, more commonly referred to as Your First Child. The hidden fees and additional costs of this Application will quickly become apparent, beginning with the bill you will shortly be receiving from the hospital... Downloading this App: Simply connect to a wi-fi hotspot, click "download," and wait … Continue reading The Mom-Handbook [you never got]

Guest Post by Elena Grace (age 7)

November 3, 2011 ~ Kana Smith ~ 29 Comments

Our daughter has this to say about traveling: Of course, I have to add the mom-commentary (is that a Mom-mentary?) that THIS may be the reason she gets carsick: