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If you knock on my door in the morning, bring muffins and I’ll be your friend
7:30am Someone was knocking at the door. Not a Tap, tap are you guys awake yet? but a Knock, knock I mean business. (They’re doing road work on my block and I already knew what someone was knocking...
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Black-Out-Freak-Out
I swear this weird stuff happens to me so I have something to write about. You know my husband was away a couple of weekends ago. The kids and I had been on our own since Thursday and we’d been...
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Juice recipes for beautiful skin
You got me. I jumped on the juice-wagon like so many others. A woman in Trader Joe’s complimented my daughter’s pink, frilly skirt yesterday and attempted to suck me into a conversation about why...
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Occupational Hazard: Losing your mind
Sometimes as a parent, you have to be the bad guy to do what’s right for your kid. Last week I had one of those days. A true teaching moment for me and, what seemed to be, a traumatic moment …...
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Here kitty, kitty
We have one bathroom in our house. My kids have a brutal and uncanny ability to summon the urge to use the bathroom at the same moment that I’m in there doing my thing. What I was doing in the …...
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Believe me, kid. This is a cake-walk.
On the heels of the drama at the allergist’s office, Luke started first grade. Last night at bedtime he melted into a puddle of tears and boogers as he told us about his day… “I lost points! Three...
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A baby by any other name
I’ll spare you the details of baby-making. You know how it’s done, right? I mentioned a while back about our plans to expand the fam. I’m not pregnant. Since I feel like my plate is full with the...
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You never saw me
Shhhh…don’t tell anyone. I really shouldn’t be writing this morning. I have 1 hour to get myself cleaned up and do the housework before going over to my son’s school for Snack & Storytime. But...
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Just when you think you’re down…
This is a quick one. I found this post on Facebook and had to share it since things around here have been…uhem…parentally challenging lately. I’m not sure why but our kids have been dialing up the...
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If these kids came with an instruction manual, I didn’t get one
“He sounds exactly like you,” my husband remarks, as he sits at the computer. Immediately, I’m prepared for a fight. “What is that supposed to mean, Michael?” He exhales,…
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