supervising from the couch: No Green Eggs and Ham

Monday, March 17, 2008

No Green Eggs and Ham

We have no plans to ever eat an all-green meal for St. Patrick's, but this might be our new tradition for dessert.

1 comment:

Melissa said...: We actually did have green eggs, ham and bagels for dinner, but I would have liked to follow it up with some of the brownies!; March 18, 2008 at 9:54 AM

here's the story:

I was interviewed for a newpaper article about kids and sleep, and quoted as saying something like "when I'm tired, I feel like supervising from the couch." Ever since, it's been our catch phrase for slacker parenting. Ironically, I only had one child at the time and we were practically attached at the hip. Now that I have four older kids, they spend chunks of time playing without even the benefit of me watching from the couch. However, I do try to come running if it sounds like there might be blood. Somehow they have all thrived in spite of me.