Me to 13-year-old M: “Hey, can you please add a sentence to that thank you note for the [gift you just received]?” M: “Oh my gosh, Mom, I was just going to do that!!” Me: “Okay, great. . .” M: “I mean, it’s like you don’t trust me to do anything.” Me: “I just wasn’t … [Read more…]
This recent snowstorm was pretty dang irritating, if you ask me. First of all, if there’s going to be a bunch of snow, I think there should be a snow day. Right? We didn’t lose any school time to snow this year at all, so it’s not like we didn’t have room in the snow-day-budget. … [Read more…]
No doubt you’re wondering. . . did anyone actually show up to the dance party? Well, I’ll tell you, I was pretty panicked about it. Double-booking with the elementary school talent show was a potentially fatal error. It was pretty demoralizing to have a Facebook event in which I’d invited dozens and dozens of people, … [Read more…]
Recently, little J and I traveled to Rochester for a gymnastics meet, and I was reminded, again, of how much I really love visiting there. After the meet we had lunch with a friend from Rochester, and she said that tons of people visit every weekend for competitions: sports, dance, chess, all kinds of stuff. … [Read more…]
We made no plans this weekend intentionally. Between gymnastics meets and soccer tournaments, our spring schedule’s been quite booked, so when we realized that the only way to get a break from traveling was to be anti-social during a major holiday, that’s what we did. But even though Cute W and I had our own … [Read more…]
The other day on the way to gymnastics, J told me that it had been a “big gossip day” in 5th grade. Apparently it was a day of confessions and accusations. . . a day of all sorts of rumored love affairs. Ah, finally! I thought. Some interesting intel! J reported that in fourth grade, … [Read more…]
I’m a huge fan of toy recycling, toy exchanging, and basically trying to figure out how we can coast on the toys we’ve bought instead of buying more. Because I am cheap. Now, I remember that when the kids were little, I did this much more frequently. Toys would disappear and reappear mysteriously. Sometimes because … [Read more…]
J and I were visiting a neighbor’s puppy the other day. She’s the kind of puppy who makes you crave one of your very own–well, typing this, is there a puppy that isn’t that kind of puppy? But maybe there is, one of those big, slobbery, nipping puppies with coltish legs that you know will … [Read more…]
I’m sitting outside. Without a coat. Or shoes. Now, that’s pretty glorious. It’s fair to say I have spring fever. I am feeling really, really done with school for the girls this year. They’re each finishing up at their schools (M will switch to high school for 9th grade, J will switch to middle school … [Read more…]
I’ll be spending all day long tomorrow at the Empire State Plaza for the Hannaford Kidz Expo. My colleagues June, Amy, and I will be at a KidsOutAndAbout table, likely in the convention center. Hey, you could come visit me. If you’ve never been to the expo, it’s a little crazy-pants, actually. There are tons … [Read more…]
