Happy Halloween to all my fellow super freaking annoyed parents of bottle flippers.
Halloween
A Cute And Easy Halloween Decoration That Uses Up Those Broken Crayons
A couple days ago a friend of mine posted a picture of a pumpkin her daughter made. I had never seen anything like it before, but I thought it was so cute. I Googled how to do this, and all you needed was some crayons, a little glue, a pumpkin and a hair dryer. I […]
The deterioration of Halloween costumes, kid by kid.
First Kid: Before this one is even born, you have purchased the World’s Cutest Halloween Costume. The First Kid is going to be a pumpkin or a pea in a pod or something equally and nauseatingly adorable. On Halloween night, you pack your kid in the car and drive to the house of every single […]
I’m quieter than ever, and I’ve never been more loud and clear.
I just had my three month anniversary. Three months of not yelling at my kids. (If you want to see how I made it through the first two and a half months, read this.) It’s still not totally automatic. In addition to Serenity Now, I have added the following mantra to my repertoire: There are days where […]
Because that’s what friends are for.
Last year Halloween was two days before the NYC Marathon, and it was also on a school night. I had to behave myself. And I was trick-or-treating with friends who were pulling this along behind them in a wagon: I know Halloween is mainly about the kids. But this year, with Halloween being on a […]
I’m guaranteed to find it tomorrow.
Time got away from me today. I was out pounding the pavement all day selling advertising, and then we were supposed to carve pumpkins tonight. We carve them on the dining room table which was covered with about nineteen loads of laundry, so I had to take care of that when I got home. And […]
