Clones

Afternoons, when Jedi first arrives home from school, it’s hectic. A chaotic frenzy of hectic. It seems like that is the moment when all 3 kids want not just one thing, but everything from me. At the same time.

I’m making sure everyone has any rocks or sticks they collected on our walk out the door, then their shoes off and put up, which I always have to tell them to do at least twice.… [Read more]

Broken Glass

Friday nights, at one point, were a chance to erase all of the weekly stress. Let your hair down, dance the night away. Throw back a few drinks with some great friends, or complete strangers, whatever the case may be. Good food, slightly belligerent conversation. It was staying up too late and enjoying every minute of it because Monday comes soon enough.… [Read more]

Potty-Training Success Has a Price

“Would you like some chocolate milk?”, I asked Buzz, fully acknowledging it as a bribe.

He wasn’t taking the bait, however. “Go poopie!”

Here I am, running a mommyblog and posting about poop. Which I actually try to avoid. Though this isn’t about the act itself, but my son’s insistence that he must go when he clearly doesn’t have to.… [Read more]

156 Card Pickup

What my 2.5 year old daughter, Abby, is currently into:

Playing Cards
Not for playing with, mind you. She carries 3 open decks of special Easter edition bunny cards with her everywhere. And they must be in a certain order, with a preferred rabbit sitting on top. It makes the 100 times a day that we play pickup all the more enjoyable.… [Read more]

Powder

You know that kid at the grocery store, face in a bag of junk food disguised as breakfast? He comes up for air smeared in powdered sugar crumbs. He could really use a napkin, along with a lesson on not eating like a pig in public. You’ve maybe snickered.

Have you seen him?… [Read more]