Many people have asked for “less kids and more bunnies!!” in the posts around here. Okay, maybe they haven’t said it quite like that, but it’s been pretty close. At any rate, the following is a fully Yard Bunny Family update. I sat out in the backyard, being eaten alive by bugs. I watched the […]
Cousfusion.
Meet Eli. Eli happens to be Ali and Noah’s dashingly handsome cousin. He’s the perfect age of old enough to verbalize his opinions, yet young enough for them to be awesomely flawed. So, it totally makes sense that, when he met Noah for the very first time, and that very first time happened to be […]
The Decaffeination Report.
I know that many of you Mommies out there – Mommies that are clearly better, more loving, more devoted Mommies than I – cease and desist the ingestion of all caffeine the minute you find out you’re pregnant, and with miraculous levels of self-control, don’t resume until you finish nursing. I salute you. I, however, […]
How to Act When They Have a Baby.
You know how some people contract an illness of ridiculous speech when you’re pregnant? Regarding that disease, I have grave medical news: that craziness doesn’t always fade after you deliver your baby. In fact, in some cases, it can grow worse throughout your baby’s infanthood. I experienced someone with a most serious case of the […]
The Slippery Slope to Pink Hair.
The day started like any other. A random question from Ali at the breakfast table: “Mommy, will you show me what a color wheel is?” So, I did what any Mom would do, and pulled up Google Images. We looked at dozens of different color wheels, talked about primary and secondary colors, and discussed which […]
The Misconceptions of Childhood.
I distinctly remember a feeling from when I was a kid that I am now knowingly repeating in my daughter. It’s kinda like deja vu, but not. I remember having assumptions about the world – assumptions that my parents had definitely (at least in my mind) confirmed for me at some point, either by emission […]
The Diet Bearability Report: Two Months.
On Saturday, Chris and I celebrated two months of our Lose It diet plan with a combined weight loss of 39.6 pounds. (The total being 39.6 completely killed me, seeing as how 40.0 in 2 months would have been such a beautifully neat and clean number. I suggested cutting off my arm – or maybe […]
The Side Effects of Blogging, as Indicated in Children.
Ali, of course, is my blog’s biggest fan. She pores over every single word I write, reading and re-reading every post. Her eyes well up with tears as she thanks me, overflowing with gratitude, for documenting her childhood in such a laborious and meaningful way. Okay, maybe that’s just what I hope she’ll do one […]
Dropping Off the Kids at the Pool.
Hi, blog world. Noah here. So The Servant Who Calls Herself Mommy took some, what she called, “Stinkin’ Adorable” pictures of me last weekend, so she asked me if I could come up with a blog post to go along with them. (You know, so it didn’t look like she was just filling up her […]
When Not To Be a Supportive Parent.
Ali had her Cubbies awards program two weeks ago. (By the way – did you know it takes approximately fourteen days to transform a traumatic memory into a funny one? Well now you do.) The idea was to get 25 preschoolers to stand in front of a room full of their parents and cooperatedly say […]