Dear Number 7, Tonight is the last night I held you as a three-year-old. And I’m sad. You won’t have any recollection of this, but when we read a story before you went to bed, I let you sit in my lap just a little bit longer than usual. I couldn’t kiss you enough. The skin on […]
The days go slow but the years go fast
Just One Little Sniff
About eight years ago, when Number 3 was two years old and Number 4 was a little over one, we got one of those big swing sets from Costco. The kind with a climbing wall and a bunch of swings and a big blue slide and a playhouse over the top with a telescope and […]
Dear Exasperated Mom
Dear Exasperated Mom, I know how you feel. You are tired. Tired of the monotony. Tired of your own version of Groundhog Day. Tired of the seat belts and the sippy cups and the diapers and the marker on the wall and the tantrums and the Caillou and the food on the floor, and now that […]
How To Make Your Mom Stop Crying With 5 Simple Words
Number 5 had her first day of kindergarten today. I started preparing her for the emotions she’d be confronted with last night. Not her emotions. She was fine. My emotions were another story. “Are you excited for the bus ride tomorrow?” I asked her. “YES!” she said, with a big smile. “I’m just warning you that […]
I call a time out.
Last night this happened. And then this happened. And then this happened. And then this happened. And then this happened. And then this happened. But it seems like only yesterday that this happened. My babies aren’t babies anymore. How the hell did that happen? 2nd PLACE SUCKS! I need your votes! VOTE ! VOTE! VOTE ! […]