Back in August, Number 4 started having regular night terrors. Before that, she had had a couple, but they were always when she was really sick and had a fever. I always thought they were more a fever delirium than a night terror. I never expected she’d have one when she was completely healthy. But in […]
Life at My House
What I’m doing for New Year’s Eve
When I was a junior in high school, I went to an epic New Year’s Eve party. It was reminiscent of a John Hughes movie. And it was awesome. I spent the next fifteen years or so expecting and creating big things on New Year’s Eve. Then I had kids. This year we actually got […]
One day her name will be in lights. Just not this year.
One of the hardest parts of being a parent, one of the parts that no one really prepares you for, is how hard it is it see your child disappointed. To see your child sobbing, uncontrollably, feeling helpless, feeling like her reaction and her feelings are completely justified but not being able to do anything […]
Happy Jolabokaflod!
A week or so ago I came across this picture on Facebook: I really liked it. So I decided we were gonna do it. Today, the last activity on our advent calendar was to “open one gift early.” I got everyone a book and some pajamas. Before we got to opening the presents, I told […]
It’s Christmas. Chill out.
It’s Christmas Eve, Eve. Once again, I’m not really ready. None of my presents are wrapped. The house isn’t clean. We haven’t made gingerbread cookies and I have like five crafts I was hoping to do with the kids that aren’t going to get finished. Or even started. I could easily do the two-days-before-Christmas-freak out. […]
toy (n): an object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something.
A couple months ago I discovered something horrific in my house. Rainbow loom? No, worse. The entire Caillou CD collection? No. Worse. Drugs? Condoms? No. Even worse. A couple months ago I discovered fucking Shopkins in my house. I have no idea how they got there, where they came from, or who supplied them to […]