I like cooking, but I am also lazy. Consequently, we eat out far too often. And, due to their overexposure to this practice, my kids are fairly well-behaved in restaurants. However. Chris and I, being the overly sensitive people-pleasing type that we are, still have a long list of rigidly adhered-to rules about when and […]
The Not-So-Nativity.
For their Third Annual Lego Nativity Scene (see years one and two,) Ali and Chris decided to branch out in their block-based biblical interpretations. This year, they chose the oh-so-Christmasy story of the building of Noah’s Ark. The ark looked oddly medieval, with seemingly not-so-watertight windows involved. But they saw their work, and they said […]
Christmas Wins and Losses.
I fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous of which is “never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line,” but only slightly less well-known is this: “Never trust Etsy with the timely distribution of your Christmas Cards.” The first twenty-nine steps of Christmas Card Creation were the easy […]
Virginia, Unedited.
Last weekend, Chris and I flew to Virginia for a friend’s wedding. (Really, we flew to Virginia to have a date weekend away together, and thanked the friend profusely for providing us the excuse.) (No really. It was all for the friend. Not at all for us to stay in a beachfront hotel room and […]
Waxing Poetics.
Micropoetry, from Ali: Hey Mom! I killed something so you could see it. Look! A Yellow Ladybug! Isn’t she so pretty? I killed her because she was running away and I wanted you to see her. I think she was scared of me. Micropoetry, from Noah: …And yes, I do realize that […]
The Night the Cake Pops Won.
I’d like to start out by blaming my friend Jamie. Because she’s the kind of friend that grabs the popcorn and watches her friends dive off of deadly cliffs, such as the time she noted that our friend Katherine didn’t know how to use Instagram properly, but instead of educating her, she just unfollowed her, […]
Filled to the Brim.
Why yes, I had a four day weekend. Why no, I had no time to blog. Four day weekends always look long and vast on the front side, but then find themselves packed, end to end. Ours was filled with preparing for the next holiday (before even celebrating the current one, Holiday Liberalists that we […]
On The Pursuit of Illness.
With the onslaught of illnesses in our home over the past month, I have found myself reminiscing of the Golden Days of Malady. As a child, I highly enjoyed the benefits of being sick or injured. As such, the crowning achievement of my childhood was breaking my arm in the seventh grade. Ailments are fun […]
On Baking Toddlers.
(And I do mean “baking” in an adjective sort of way – you know, toddlers who bake.) Last Sunday, Noah was Nursery-Inappropriate, thanks to a bad cough. Although I suspected that his cough was due to the home “renovations” during which were (are) in the midst, I make special care not to cast any doubt […]
Because He’s Cute.
The last three days have comprised almost entirely of dealing with Monday’s Catastrophe, which ended up being far worse than I originally thought. But more on that later. At any rate, due to the around-the-clock wind tunnel created by two dehumidifiers the size of New Hampshire and six blowers with the noise volume of a […]