Joe is an LA kid so his favorite games are Traffic Jam and Parking Lot. The big cars, or the little cars, or the big cars and then the little cars, all have people inside …
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Traffic Jam
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Strawberry chocolate mint dinosaur dump truck cake
Sometimes this blog is not a blog but actually just a cake case, displaying all of the cakes I make because I love nothing more than to neglect real responsibilities and put way too much …
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water
I ask Joe what he dreamt about last night, he says Bread, then I tell him about mine, and I remember it as I tell him: I dreamt that I was driving a jeep, into …
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there’s an app for that
Joe will say he wants chicken nuggets, or a pear, or a piece of cake, or an entire bagel but with different kinds of nut butter on each side, sliced into triangles, or strawberries with …
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people inside
For the past nearly two years, we’ve been playing cars with Joe. There are little cars and big cars. The cars go on picnics, get in traffic jams, open Christmas presents, bake bread, go to …
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gummy bears
Joe is almost 3. When he pees in the toilet, he gets to pick out one gummy bear. If he poops in the toilet (which is never?) he gets 2. Good job. Joe is 12 …
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Sometimes I don’t know what people are
It’s my time to join the throes of parents keeping little records on their phones of the absurd sort of poetic things that their toddlers say. I ask you, where do the mornings go? And …
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sometimes me
A friend sent Joe and Bob this book and I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t think Joe would be into it, given that there’s no cars inside, but look, don’t but your kids in …
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when
Do you have any questions for the doctor? YES, WHEN. When will my uterus return to its normal size? When should I start dinner? When can I workout again, when can I work again? When …
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if you give a kid a sister
One of the reasons we wanted to have a second kid was that so Joe would cultivate independence, know that the world does not revolve around him, not that it’s impossible to teach this to …