There’s nothing like coming home and looking through my purse and thinking, “What’s this?” and then remembering, “Oh yeah. It’s the bacon sandwich Pie couldn’t finish and instead she asked me to keep it for her.” Good thing I checked my purse tonight! Pie and Doodles have been doing studies at the Lad for Developmental [...]
I serve Doodles a hot dog for dinner. He says, “Can I have some bacon with that, please?” Food group might be working a little too well.
Whenever people hear that my kids are up at 5 or 5:30 in the morning, they get this horrified expression on their faces and say, “How can you stand that?” Even when I explain, they don’t quite believe me. But the honest to God’s truth is that we end up waking up our kids. I’m [...]
It’s 8:11 a.m. and I’ve run 8.58 miles (which included 5 x 1200 at an average of 7:45 pace), showered, had breakfast, drank coffee, made my kids’ lunches, read e-mail, and am now writing a quick blog. What have you done so far today? Seriously, though, I’m at the point of my marathon training where [...]
Doodles had a playdate today with a friend who’s six month younger, and therefore who has another year before she goes to kindergarten. On the car ride today on the way home from camp: Doodles: Next year I got to kindergarten.Friend: But we can still have playdates, right?Doodles: Oh, yes. Lots and lots and lots [...]
I’m sitting in the bathroom with Pie and Jasmine, as Jasmine–on a drop-off playdate and in the throes of potty training–attempts to use the potty. Pie: We’re having a poop party! It’s a poop party! And a pee party!Me: Pie, I don’t like that talk. It’s potty talk.Pie: But, Mommy, we’re in the bathroom. Potty [...]
Me: Ugh. I forgot to ask you to mow the lawn this weekend.Adam: I looked at it. It wasn’t too bad.Me: It’s getting long. Adam: Actually, it’s more EC to not cut your grass too short. You’re supposed to keep it long.Me: Uh…Adam: Ha! And it’s actually true! I read what you wrote last night. [...]
I’ve been jumping on the green bandwagon lately, trying to do the little things that will make an impact. I’d like to say I’m looking to make an impact on the world, make it better place for my future great-grandchildren. But that’s not why I do it. I do it because our electricity and gas [...]
Those who know me personally know that my OCD gets the better of me when any type of Martha Stewart task is involved, like the kids’ birthdays. I like to go whole hog. Including making rather involved invitations. I’ve actually gotten to the point where they don’t take that long to make, but they aren’t [...]
Back in the day, when I was a new mom, I used to read the BabyCenter boards. It’s a habit I gave up once I got the teeniest confidence in myself as a mom, but for a while, I was checking regularly. I was a lurker, and not a nice lurker at that. I’d think [...]