How I spent my summer vacation
My three-year-old is a vicious, scheming, cheating monster – especially when he plays Monopoly or Blackjack. This, at least, is what his six-year-old brother tells me. You might be familiar with this type… Read More
Category Archive: boy mom blog
Go the f%$k to jail: A rerun
The kids are a little older now, but I still have a strong aversion to people setting off minor explosives after the dear little night owls’ bedtime. —————- In the wee hours of… Read More
Dum, de, dum, dum!
A burgeoning interest in literacy is great. It can manifest itself in a 3-year-old carefully perusing every Richard Scarry book in the house — after frantically begging Mommy to run upstairs for “the… Read More
Sleep, cars and that cursed sky
A while back, I was giving my husband a lift to the airport. One child inevitably fell asleep on the 25-minute drive, which usually does not bode well for a bedtime free of… Read More
Sticker shock
I’ve noticed a few changes in my life lately that I never would have believed six years ago. I now say things like, “We don’t color ants,” to a toddler wielding chalk. And… Read More
Just eat it, eat it, eat it!
Rumor has it that after feeding her three very fussy children, my grandmother found me to be a delight: I ate pretty much everything that was presented to me (especially meat and potatoes,… Read More
Those darling first-time parents! (Part I)
I’ve found that now that I have two kids, I see the people with a first baby the same way I thought of fifth-graders when I was in high school. Hell, let’s say… Read More
Your body is a booger wonderland
Yum, placenta. Comes from inside you, and tastes good, too. But it’s certainly not better than boogers. Yes, I’ve had my boogers drained and encapsulated so I can enjoy them all around town… Read More
It’s not a satisfying bunny without the carnage
I love Easter candy, and have many opinions on it. Peeps should not be purple or green. Yellow and pink are enough. Cadbury Eggs should come in one flavor: Creme. Orange and caramel… Read More
