My kids, with nerf swords and Lego shields strapped to their arms, are acting out the "Cut Scene" for their Yugioh card game.

Juss to Orville, said with great glee: "Let's have breakfast. Then we can DESTROY EACHOTHER!"   I have no idea what game they were playing.

Wow. What a wonderful Christmas…we've received the most wonderful and strange things this Christmas. Gifts from friends afar and unknown who have sent both money and astonishing things for the children. It is utterly amazing!   Also, overheard today: Juss: "My character, Dr. Strange summons up the Horse of Out of Character Knowledge* and asks him…

  About a week ago, an incident here at the Wright Household led John to post a request for money on his blog. What happened next, is nothing short of a Christmas Miracle.   John did not quite get the facts correctly, so here is the real story, in its entirety.   Two years ago,…

Juss, putting his backpack on in the door, after the bus has already arrived, asks out of the blue… “Mom, what is the first movie, not first made but in time…” Mom, without hesitation or waiting to hear the rest of the question, while urging him onward down toward the street. “Phatom Menace! Now go!”…

So, I was hugging the Cherubim and telling him: “I love you, but you’re silly! I love you, but you’re silly.” Juss, walking by, commented dryly, “That’s not a “but”, Mom.” In an unrelated incident, I was really touched when Ping-Ping, looking over Orville’s 7th grade math, announced that she knew this stuff and offered…

The Cherubim just walked by with a blue nylon basket over his head. This must be a trend, because Tuesday, in the movie theater, I glanced over during Cars 2 to find Justinian wearing the empty popcorn bucket on his head.

Orville, in the midst of some sort of game, comes dancing through the room: “Mom, if someone heard demons, would they be crazy?” Me, thinking about it. “Are there actually demons there?” Orville: “Yes.” Me: “Well, they can’t be crazy if they hear something that is actually there, can they?” Orville: “They’d be…in trouble!” Me:…

Juss came running and screaming across the dining room. He stopped. “Mom, can we run and scream?” Me: “Outside.” Juss: “Okay.” He and his friend go outside. Running and screaming ensues. They come inside. “Mom, it’s hot. Can we run and scream inside?” Also: Juss’s friend comes up to me. “Mrs. Wright, do you have…

  Surprise!   You would think I would get used to some things, that I would develp the foresight to anticipate something that happens every single day, but no… Dinner is still a surprise to me. Every single evening, about 5:00, I suddenly realize that the family is going to need dinner, and I am…taken…