Tweet I saw the scene playing out in the family room. I kept to my business in the dining room while I listened to Astrid speak to her sisters. I kept my hands busy, my eyes diverted, but my ears were very busy listening and my mind was spinning, hoping that no one would seek…
Tweet I hate milk. This is not a well-guarded secret. I’ve always hated milk. I remember fighting with my parents nearly every night as they would ‘make’ me drink my milk because it was like good for me, or something crazy like parents always make-up to get us to do healthy things. I remember them…
Tweet I know all (12) of you have been waiting to hear how our BIG DATE went last Friday night. The night started out quite fine – I dropped the kids off at my aunts at about 4:30 and then came home and watched the latest episode of Scandal OnDemand. When that ended at…
Tweet We just redecorated Esther and Astrid’s bedroom this past year. Esther was involved in all the planning – the color choices, the bedding, the pictures, the entire feel of the room. I think it’s important to have kids completely involved and making their space…well, their space. We are now finally completing the space….
Tweet Jed and I are going out on a date tonight. It’s been nearly five years since our last one, and that one truly didn’t count because I was pregnant..very early pregnant..and very sick. I ended up throwing up my dinner before we even left the restaurant. Our reservations were for 6pm and I was…
Tweet I sat down with Astrid’s preschool teacher today so she could walk me through the process on how the preschoolers are going to send a letter to a grandparent next week. “Did you not get the letter with the instructions?” She asked Yes, I got them. I just didn’t understand them..so I…
Tweet Sometimes I think that the end to all the world’s problems can come by just spending a day with a three year old. A well-fed and rested three year old of course, as tired and hungry ones are not fun. At all. Yesterday, Astrid set-up a tea party with 50 of her animals…
Tweet It’s nearly noon and I am showered and dressed but haven’t put on make-up or made an effort to brush my hair. My feet are bare and cold and the breakfast dishes sit in the sink. I’m not sure what the kids ate for breakfast. I think I saw Eloise pour some cereal,…
Tweet Astrid knows most of the lyrics to any Taylor Swift song. In fact she was up from 2am until 4am last night singing Trouble, Stay Stay Stay and We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. Sometimes the three songs became one long song of mixed-up lyrics, but that’s okay as the messages of…
Tweet I’ve written a lot lately about the importance of education, access to good health care, and how we as good neighbors and global citizens can make a difference in the world. The issues – crime, war, poverty, disease, death – seem so overwhelming sometimes that I see so many of us do nothing because…
Tweet I have many worries for my daughters – will they be good people, will they help others, will they do well in school, will they never live in my basement, will they have a good haircut that matches their face, and of course will they please never wear capri pants. You know, the typical…
Tweet I don’t know what the weather is like where you live, but i’m pretty sure we are on month number nine of winter here in Minnesota. Truly, this is the longest winter ever. And as much as I love cute boots, patterned tights, cute sweaters and fun coats – well I’m at the point…
Tweet We conclude our ‘This Is Childhood ” series today with TEN. And I’m all sad. Sad that this series is ending, and sad that my oldest is now TEN – and ten is so magical that I just want to freeze time NOW! Can we do that. It would make me ever so…
Tweet Astrid, why don’t you go play with that little boy over there as he looks like he might be three years old too! Mom, I don’t play with boys. They’re stinky. Boys aren’t stinky, Astrid. But I don’t like boys, so I’m not going to play with him. He looks…
Tweet I just locked my children in a closet. Well one is at a birthday party, one is reading on the couch, and one I may have put in her room and shut the door behind her and told her to play with anything- really just anything- for 15 minutes so I could get something…
Tweet You might remember a very happy little girl named Astrid who received a new friend in the mail? Well, Astrid and her Bumpidoodle are still fast friends and enjoy napping, watching a show, reading and hanging with her kitties together. Astrid loves having a big friend to snuggle with, sit on, and drag around…
Tweet There’s more advice than I care to read about how to introduce a new cat to an old cat. Cats are territorial so it’s evidently important to introduce cats slowly so they have more time to get used to the new cat’s scent. Whatever. If I didn’t have kids, a job, the Internet, food,…
