It is becoming evident that Number 3, Number 4 and I are going to have many of life’s most serious conversations on the 7-minute drive to school or the 6-minute drive to swim practice. I’m getting pretty good at them. A couple weeks ago we revisited the Where do babies come out of? question. (In […]
Parenting
Double trouble
One day, I will look back on the day that Number 6 and 7 woke up, came downstairs, poured themselves some sugar for breakfast, waited for me to go to the bathroom before sneaking into the basement, got into the paint, redecorated the air hockey table as well as themselves, and then, when I put […]
I’m looking at the Mom in the mirror. I’m asking her to change her ways.
I kind of put a lot of things on hold or pushed them aside for the marathon. So now I’m on a quest to get organized and catch up. I’m also on a mission to become more organized in general. Permanently. I can’t take it anymore. The other day I was listening to Howard Stern. […]
You might be surprised by what happens when you put it all out there.
When I started this blog, I wanted it to be a place for moms (and dads) to come to get a laugh. And to not feel so alone. To know that there is at least one other person out there whose kids aren’t perfect. Whose marriage isn’t always a fairy tale. Whose house is a […]
If You Are Four
If you are four and you can’t find your bunny, that is a good reason to cry. If you are four and you can’t take your shirt off, that is a good reason to cry. If you are four and your brother looks at you, that is a good reason to cry. If you are […]
Dear Parents.
There is a fable. Or a parable. Or an allegory. It may not even be one of those. It may just be a story of how shoes came to be invented. I don’t know the title. I can’t find the actual story anywhere either. But it goes something like this: A king ventured out of […]