I just need to confess slash document this here: when Joe eats blackberries, he decides that some blackberries are good and some blackberries are bad. (To me, there is no discernible difference between the good …
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a few good blackberries
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Car Books
For Joe, all books, regardless of whether or not they actually contain Cars, are called Car books, because there is always a CHANCE that there might be a car in the book (and sometimes, when …
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ALL DONE
Today on we should all be more like Toddlers, whenever Joe is finished with something, a book or a snack or an activity he just shouts ALL DONE then gets up and walks away to …
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what color is this
Joe is growing increasingly, terrifyingly smart, like he can say many many things and seems to always know what we’re talking about, even when we don’t. As we teach him about the world, we’re constantly …
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Ethics of Plastic
If you purchase your child another plastic thing from Amazon but the thing is a Recycling truck made out of Recycled Plastic ARE YOU STILL A BAD PERSON? DID THE TREE EVEN FALL?
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the mamas on the bus
Today, on the patriarchal norms cemented in Children’s songs, why do the Mamas on the Bus say SHH SHH SHH, and the Daddy’s on the Bus Say I love you? Morrison has been flipping it …
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mama red nose
I have some incredible acne on the very most obvious tip of my nose, and Joe is now calling me ‘Mama red nose,’ so yes, Joe was today years old when he started THROWING ME …
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mama pie
Today, on my life as a toddler chef, this oatmeal banana bake which Joe has aptly named, MAMA PIE. Mama pie serves as a stand-in for actual Mama when she must work or can’t pick …
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good job being Careful
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march 2020
It being the 2 year anniversary, I keep thinking about March 2020 and how weird it all was. Morrison wouldn’t let me touch the groceries and I ordered toilet paper from some website that I …