The fantastic thing about buying into the stupid, terrible Elf on a Shelf thing (or having your child buy into it for you) is that you can wake up and, first thing in the morning, realize that you have Failed As A Parent again. That was my morning. I woke up and headed downstairs and … [Read more…]
Parenting the girls this afternoon was a bit of roller coaster. We’d had a busy weekend traveling and visiting family, and we arrived home a little after midnight last night. The girls powered through the school day, but things got a bit delicate after that. But they were awfully cute, too. Shortly after both girls … [Read more…]
How’s everybody’s post-Thanksgiving weekend? I almost avoided shopping altogether, except when M jumped on the computer because she was psychically aware of the sales available, and so one order was made to Aeropostale. Because, hello, $11 jeans. In fact, she picked a few things that she was going to buy for herself, and she was … [Read more…]
Happy Thanksgiving! For the record, Cute W’s turkey was a triumph: Cooked in an hour and 45 minutes, the juiciest turkey I’ve ever eaten and scrumptious gravy. He so rocks. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and/or Thanksgivukah. Um, what else? Grandma and Grandpa took us to see Frozen yesterday (watch out–the official site … [Read more…]
Too sleepy to write. The turkey appears to be thawed. Here are some links that I’ve been collecting. Do Try This At Home offers up 100 outdoor family adventures. H/T to Geekmom. Kristi had an ARA (“A reader asks”) on if expecting parents should hire a doula. Spoiler alert: hell yeah. All Over Albany’s crowd-sourced … [Read more…]
I’m one of six children, so I’m used to a crowd at meals. Growing up, our house was loud enough that it was overwhelming for some kids. I remember one time when my little brother’s friend, an only child, was invited to dinner, and we were having a perfectly normal meal with everyone acting naturally … [Read more…]
Do you remember my super-cool, core-toning stabilizer ball chair? The one that was a hand-me-down from my sister, who also recently gave me a lovely desk? Well. J was playing with a pencil. Why? There is no understanding this. I was still in bed (natch), and when I came downstairs that morning, she seemed extra-tense … [Read more…]
M and I have been enjoying many of the same books. Tomorrow we’re going to go see Catching Fire with a bunch of her friends and their moms. Right now N’s reading Insurgent (the sequel to Divergent), and I’ve been waiting my turn as patiently as I can. But usually I read to the girls … [Read more…]
Perhaps you remember that I’m the proud owner of a resplendent new master bathroom? When we got past the rough stuff, like writing checks and demolishing the carpenter ant-infested wall, I was particularly excited about coming up with some cute plant for the top of our medicine cabinet. It was sort of out of the … [Read more…]
We’ve gotten this year’s school pictures for both girls. The best part of school pictures is updating the 8 x 10 frames on the mantel. Each frame contains a stack, a veritable history of children in school pictures. Once we get over admiring the newest offering, each daughter spends time exclaiming over her long-ago adorableness … [Read more…]
