I’m not sure how they can sense that the time is different, but the children are all aflutter today. Jack refused to stay in bed for his nap, getting up and coming out to me three times. In over a year in his big boy bed, this is the first time he’s ever done it….
Category: Like a Horse and Carriage
Santa Presents Coda – Subtitled, What a Non-Issue!
OK, so the Santa presents things was, and will likely remain, a total non-issue. In practice, it was such a minor difference, that my husband’s and my argument seems nonsensical. At the heart of the argument, really, was the heart of parenting – the things you feel your parents did wrong are things you fervently…
Digging in my Heels
The Professor and I are largely laid back people, and we rarely fight. But today, we’re fighting (in a still largely friendly but-the-undertone-is-mothertrucking-serious kind of way). Over THE MOST ridiculous thing. So I put it to you, not to pick sides, but to perhaps help us find a way to compromise. The issue involves The…
October
Have I mentioned that October is my favorite month? Here’s why. Last weekend I was trotting about the beach in a bikini shooting pictures and frolicking in general. This past weekend I wore sweaters and knee high boots, lit some candles, and watched scary movies while sipping on mulled wine. (A quarter inch in the…
Anniversary Adventures
Pizza and chips. That’s all I want. Morning noon and night. I’m shoving down fruit, choking down peas and broccoli, pinching my nose and swallowing tuna and other fish, but all I want all I want want want want is pizza. It’s crazy. I’ll be giving birth to Papa John in 6 months, just you…