I’ve been very focused on Pinterest lately. Understanding the geeky intricacies of how best to use it and track it as a blogger, getting ideas for projects to do with Ali, and simply enjoying all the pretty pictures. But on Chris’ birthday, I woke up feeling Old School. Something had jogged a memory that was […]
Collaborative Vacationing.
(Also known as “The One Where I Force You To Look at All My Vacation Photos.”) (You’re welcome.) It all started in 2008, as a grand experiment in co-vacationing with another family, our friends David and Ashley. We each had a baby – Ali was 18 months, and AJ was 21 months. And they were […]
The Equations of Camping.
Despite my extreme reservations about the June Alabama heat, we went on a family camping trip to our favorite Alabama secret, Buck’s Pocket State Park, this last weekend. And when I say “camping trip”, I mean one night. And for that one night, we rented a camper. Because juggling two kids on a daily basis […]
Regarding Those That I Mother.
As a blogger, I find myself quite self-conscious about not drowning my corner of the internet with vast quantities of photos of my kids. Despite the fact that I have really cute ones. (Am I allowed to say that?) But you know what? Yesterday was Mother’s Day. And the day before that, I wrote. About […]
The Vacation Album.
Last week was our somewhat-annual family vacation. Somewhat-Annual Family Vacation: \ noun \ ; what my family does instead of exchange gifts for any holidays or birthdays; a vacation that is supposed to occur annually but periodically gets cancelled for the purposes of birthing babies, during which years nobody gets anything. Except new babies. Last […]
Lessons Learned on Easter, Volume Two.
(Last year’s lessons can be found here.) 1. One Year Old Boys have no appreciation for being dragged into the living room by their sister first thing in the morning. … Until they see that there’s something in it for them. They they’re completely on board. …Until they realize they can’t open it on their […]
Marital Relics.
Eleven Years. Eleven years* seems so much more than ten years – ten years is a nice, neat, clean decade. But eleven years – that’s, like, more. So it got me thinking: what is left from our wedding? We’ve moved twice, and bought four vehicles, and created two humans from scratch in those eleven years […]
Tangled With Party Spirit.
Caution: Overly Photoey post ahead with many vague Tangled references that only a Mom who has been forced to watch it 876 times would understand. I am not a crafty person. (Mainly because I’m an extremely lazy person.) But you better believe that when I do get a crafty spark, you’re absolutely going to hear […]
Celebrating Five With Tradition.
All holidays and birthdays in my family are opportunities to re-tell the same embarrassing stories over and over again. And they always seem to be about me. (Did my brothers never do anything story-worthy?!?) And despite the ridiculous repetition of these stories, someone always inexplicably acts like they haven’t heard it before so that it […]
A Romance Story.
Dear Googly-Eyed Romantic Datey Couple sitting at the next table over at Zoës, Thank you for enjoying my baby boy as he made faces, giggled, smiled charmingly, and in general flirted with you. I was honored to contribute to your holding of the hands and dreamily gazing into each other’s eyes, imagining such a creature […]