Joe doesn’t want to go to school, he wants to stay home and play. I tell him if he puts his socks on, we can go to target later and he can get a Car. …
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I am a good mom
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arts and crafts
After last years a Very Covid Thanksgiving I didn’t want to cook a single thing this year or preheat a single oven or shove a single leftover into Tupperware. So we escaped to an EXTREMELY …
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two kids, one tunnel
Bobbie wants to do whatever Joe is doing, wants to play with whatever he’s playing with. She wants to play with all of his toys, but Joe doesn’t want her to play with the Special …
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Bedtime Routine
Having a four year old has been fully as advertised, from the absurd things he says, DO YOU WANT TO EAT A COOKIE MADE OF PEOPLE? to his elaborate bedtime routine that I fully opt …
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I’m here all week
I am currently managing two children and multiple projects and my brain is at full capacity, proof being a few snapshots from the last few weeks: I got all dressed up and got us a …
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the nothing game
Just documenting the Nothing Game here, before I forget it. It goes like this. Many mornings, let’s say most of them, while we’re all eating breakfast, we play the Nothing Game. It goes like this: …
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Everything Morning
In the span of one morning: I get an email that the results from my follow-up mammogram are available in my online portal, even though I probably won’t be able to decipher any of findings, …
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family calendar
I want to pass along to my children all of my good qualities, like maniacally finding something special about each and each month of life so that each day is thrilling even if for some …
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Scared to say sorry
Joe takes a toy from Bobbie, she starts to cry. I tell him to say sorry, and he deflates, hides behind a door. I ask him what’s wrong, he says he’s scared to say sorry, …
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Life insurance
The woman from the life insurance company very HAPPILY tells me that their insurance is the BEST life insurance because they have a special CLAUSE that allows my family to access the policy IMMEDIATELY if …