A few weeks ago Scott said, "Listen, I love the blog and I love reading what you write.  But... you might want to lay off your Mom stories just a bit.  It's funny to us, but people might think too...

Evie, "Does George really have to go?"  Me to Evie, "Honey, we've talked about this.  Yes.  George was a wonderful Christmas tree. We're grateful for his service and hope he {and his surprise nest of little spiders} enjoyed the novelty...

When things are going sideways, I'm usually thinking ahead to how I'm going to explain it to the Grands in a way that it doesn't sound like we're totally reckless with their grandkids. "But it sounded like such a good idea...