Blissfully drunken with holiday cheer and the much needed four day weekend, Chris and I became horrible parents, of the over-permissive variety. “Sure honey, you can turn the hardwood stairs into a slip ‘n slide!” “Why not? Of course you can drive today!” “Oh, you want to drive like your little brother? Okay, Ali! You […]
The Chuck.
E. Cheese, that is. Chris and I made it four years, ten months, and three days into our parenting career without crossing his threshold. And we were well pleased with ourselves. Then we received an invitation to a good friend’s son’s birthday party. A friend that Ali would be disappointed to miss his celebration. (A […]
Treasure Heads.
My Mom has a special sort of Homeschool-Mom-Genius-Gene that I really, really hope I inherited. She was able to expertly turn everything into a learning experience, yet somehow make it extraordinarily fun at the same time. (Okay, most things were fun. Finding my little brother’s dissected frogs in brown paper bags in the fridge was […]
Ali, on Fanciness.
Naturally, a lot of our life revolves around Noah right now. His often and stringent nap schedule, His crappy diapers, His need for food, His obsession with putting everything in his mouth and therefore preventing his sister from freely playing with all of her favorite little things, Him, him, him. Due to this unbalanced state […]
The Elevator Incident.
So my friend Christen and I went to the mall on Wednesday. …along with our two strollers and five kids. …ages 4, 3, 2, 10 months, and 8 months. (Each child, by the way, adds degree of difficulty points in the classical mall game Avoid the Kiosk Predators.) We began by eating Chick-Fil-A – our […]
An Unexpected Undertaking of the Camping Variety.
Saturday Night, 6:51 PM: I. AM. SUPERMOM. The overwhelming emotions of victory and exultation washed over me. At a time when I should have been exhausted and comatose, I was instead cheering for myself with gusto and pride. It all started last week… 10 days ago: Ali randomly popped out from the backseat, “I want […]
Breaking News: Baby Bends to Peer Pressure From the AIBC.
So. Noah and I went back to Michael’s last week. First of all, let me say that I’m really becoming endeared to Michael’s Lady, Queen of The Awkwardly Intense Busybody Club herself. In fact, her preposterous comments are really actually making me want to go to Michael’s MORE often, just to see what she’ll scold […]
The Dream Project.
Since I like to bring a sense of balance to my blog, I often find myself teetering precariously between posts about horrible admissions of guilt or embarrassment and exciting eureka moments. So obviously, after the Third Nipple Incident, I owe you something great. Unfortunately, I have nothing great. But a marginally good idea of something […]
Baby v. Food
Hi! Noah Here. And welcome to Baby v. Food! I’m a food fanatic who’s only been eating for about two months, but I haven’t yet met anything I didn’t like to eat – food or otherwise. Now I’m on a mouthwatering journey to pig out as often as possible, and take on the Mommy’s most […]
What I Learned at BlogHer.
I decided to attend my third BlogHer at the last minute to go to one event: The Voices of the Year Reception. Even though I wasn’t chosen as a speaker (thank goodness because my nerves couldn’t have handled it), being an Honoree was so exciting, and I had promised myself last year that if I […]