Well this would solve my problem, I guess. Good thing they specified it’s the men’s toilet though – just as I was dreaming about standing and peeing… The Zoo Incident started out innocently enough with my kids and I deciding to enjoy a beautiful Colorado day by checking out the new baby zebra at …
Weird mom encounters at the park: Someone should write that book. After all the weird things I’ve seen go down in public spaces designed for children yet that manage to also make their parents (sometimes) act like children, heck, I should write that book. And it happened again the other day. While I am usually pretty good …
picture credit “How many kids do you have?” is such a loaded question for me, for any mother who’s lost a child. And yet, being new, it’s one I’ve had to answer a lot lately. Normally I do some mental math and if the questioner is someone who I won’t likely see again sometimes I’ll …
Nothing says SPECTACULAR! like a volcano of processed pork products! Picture a cozy scene, with mom and dad bracketing smiling children all seated neatly around the table, talking about our day and eating broccoli casserole with nary a complaint. Now smash that Rockwellian fantasy to bits because that is definitely not what happened at my …
Him: “Help Mom, I’ve been kidnapped by a giant!” Me: “Now you can’t run away! This is brilliant! Where are the giants when I need them??” A beautiful thing happened today. But of course, a whole bunch of ugly precluded it. (That’s basically a law of the universe, right after the one that says if …
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Katylynn and Heather Welsch Little hands clamped tightly over ears, wee shoulders hunched forward, tiny body taut with anticipation: the pose that Katylynn, 12, and Heather, 10, Welsch were striking made me grin because it’s very familiar to me. It’s the one Jelly Bean, 3, makes every time a public toilet gets flushed (and heaven …
Confession #1: I once wrote a review about Paula Druckerman’s much-maligned parenting book Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (aff) after having skimmed it in a hour. I was on a super tight deadline and because of some snow storm my overnight-ed copy didn’t come overnight and… oh, enough excuses. While I …
I don’t even know what’s happening here but I love it. Dec. 31, 2012, 12:59 p.m. Me: 10-9-8-7DickClarkMayHeRestInHeaven-6-5-4-3-2… Yay! Happy New Year! Husband: Arriba! Prospero ano y felicidad! Kiss kiss hug hug “Get a room!” “We have several and are paying way more than they’re worth every day!” “Wow. Buzzkill.” “Here’s to 2013, the year …
I swear I did not do this to her. Totally Jelly Bean’s idea! You can’t hear but she’s giggling. She has no idea what a dunce cap is anyhow. But this is the ending! This is how it all started: When a mysterious pink package showed up on our doorstep, the kids pounced on it. …
I love this so much. Mostly because this was me in high school. Ah, angst! “Someday,” Sophia smiled broadly at me as she climbed into my minivan, “I’m going to come over and clean your car!” It was a sweet offer from a sweet friend but there were two problems with it: 1. Sophia is …
