After a short writing hiatus, yours truly is back. Did you miss me while I was gone?
Speaking of "being gone" my 7 year old...
You used to call me on my cell phone, late night when I had no kids... Sorry Drake for the really bad adaptation...
Have you ever heard the song "Kooks" by the now late David Bowie? It's the parental anthem of my husband Andy and I.
When people...
I think most people would describe me as girly and I am ok with that.
I mean don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good...
I have a very outgoing child. To say he is friendly is an understatement.
When given the opportunity, he will chat with anyone, most anywhere....
I stand in the kitchen washing breakfast dishes, listening to the sounds of a household getting organized. My husband packs helmets and goggles into ski bags....
"I can't believe she's already 1!" I scrawled in thank you notes after my daughter's recent first birthday.
Lies! I can absolutely believe my baby...
I made it four weeks between appointments. Four whole weeks. Considering I found out about our pregnancy when I was just two weeks pregnant and...
I joined Facebook in 2008. My daughter, my youngest child, was nine months old at the time. The first album I uploaded to my...
A few years before I even began to think about having a baby, I went with a friend of mine to help her do...
Its 7:45 and I’m heading out the door to bike the kids to school. I’m wearing a hat, a long down coat, mittens, and...
I seem to have a lot of friends whose houses are always spotless and organized. They could have Better Homes & Gardens show up...
I will never do that when I have kids.
It’s a popular cliché, the idea that in the rosy pre-child-invasion phase of life we make...
It was the third rainy day in a row and this mom was running out of ideas, so I went to my old go-to:...