Tweet She’s already proven that she can’t be trusted at Starbucks. The nerve – sharing beaver stories with the baristas. Now we cannot go shopping to any stores ever again. Or perhaps we will just stay home until she’s 13. I mean it’s bad enough when you’re in a dressing room at Anthropologie and…
Tweet Yesterday we were at Starbucks and there’s this one Barista is who super cute and probably like 21 and in college and he views me as a women who is most likely older than his mom totally wants me in a Mrs. Robinson way, like I’m almost totally positive. You know how that is….
Tweet I’m just writing this post to remember again what’s it’s like to come out on ‘the other side’. We’ve been happily on ‘the other side’ now for about five months and it’s pure bliss. The ‘other side’ of what you ask? The ‘other side’ of that month or so of potty training when you…
Tweet Astrid spends her days trying to be bigger. She reaches her arms to the sky and says “See how big I am today, Mama!” and I always agree that yes she must have been growing the whole time she was sleeping last night. It’s also a good way to get her to go to…
Tweet I missed posting my Saturday project 365 post last week because we were celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. And I forgot to come back and tell you all that the special dessert of the night at the restaurant was actually WILD BERRY TORTE(I am apparently psychic). I kid you not. I was nice and…
Tweet Astrid throws her arms around me and says so loudly ‘you’re my best friend!’ And I giggle and melt into her hug and say ‘yeah, you’re mine too.’ She then makes sure our foreheads remain touching as she tells me that she really wants me to be at her birthday party this year….
Tweet Glasses – check Kitty Cat – Check Upside down pencil – Check New swimsuit for Spring Break – Check Sooo big – Check Too much homework – Check Linking up with Wordful Wednesday with Parenting by Dummies.
Tweet I’m home from Utah. I’ll be catching up soon and back to writing. I returned home late tonight and tiptoed into rooms and touched sweet little girl hair and kissed foreheads. Tomorrow I will get my welcome home hugs. Which will be the best Valentine’s present ever. It was nice to get away. But…
Tweet There was a time that I chronicled every month of Astrid’s young life. Some of my favorites are here and here. I cannot believe how bald that child was. (awesomely exposed snow picture with no editing.ahem.if I do say so myself) And since monthly updates now seem ridiculous I thought it was okay just…
Tweet I’m taking a picture a day – everyday – in 2012. You can see proof at 365 week 1 and 365 week 2. (Trying to get kitties in the picture. Cat wrangling is almost as hard as cat herding) This week I used my Canon. Poor lonely thing that doesn’t get out much in…
Tweet On January 1st I sat-up instantly in bed and said “OMG I’ve missed it haven’t I – it’s preschool application time isn’t it?! I’ve missed it and now Astrid won’t get into our preschool of choice for Fall. She will never get into Harvard!” Okay, I didn’t really say that nor pretend that…
Tweet I took Astrid to the mall last week. Honestly we were not even really shopping. It was raining and it’s a good place to stretch our legs on a Tuesday morning. We returned something to Justice. I think I found 16 peace sign shirts in Eloise’s closet and there was still one with tags…
Tweet Last week was the week of ‘no fun’ for toddler. Big girls were finally back to school after the holiday break. Astrid and I spent the week catching up…Target, CVS, grocery shopping, vacuuming, mountains of laundry, maybe some Dora so I could catch-up on email. I don’t understand why she likes Dora. I miss…
Tweet The big girls went back to school today. It was a happy day until I realized how much Astrid counts on her big sisters to play with her. They play ring-around-the-rosie and hours of Candy Land. They play Little People farm and baby dolls. They sit and read to her and play dress-up….
Tweet I took Astrid to Target on Wednesday. You know how for your third child Target is like the zoo or the library but better since you don’t actually have to be at the zoo or the library. And Target has a Starbucks in it …at least that is what you tell them as you…
Tweet How do you properly capture a two year old? I cannot capture this completely with my camera. That joy. …when she finds an airplane in the sky, a squirrel running under the fence, a white fluffy dandelion to blow, the way her paint brush makes stripes of colors on her paper, stripping down to…
Tweet I always arrive fifteen minutes early and take the exact same parking place because I’m 82 like that. I may even high-five myself for arriving first. It’s a Monday and a school day so this trip to the zoo will be pleasant and quiet. I admit I hate the zoo in the Summer and…
