supervising from the couch: Proud mom

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Proud mom

Joey finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire today. I know that I was at least in high school, and maybe even college before I finished a 734-page book. He's eight. Thank you J.K. Rowling.

1 comment:

The Simmons Story said...: See, that camera can even make a picture of a page number in a book look cool. So jealous!; February 25, 2009 at 4:51 PM

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.