Tweet I see the big things captured in my baby book. First smile, first tooth, first step. First time using the potty, first day of school, first night away from home. First Summer camp, first tooth lost, braces. My mother lovingly captured the big moments of my childhood with her scrolling and gorgeous handwriting…
Tweet It’s been five months since Eloise had her braces ‘installed.’ She used to laugh when I said that, but now she just rolls her eyes and walks away from me quickly. Sometimes I do believe she’s afraid my humor is contagious and she would truly hate to catch that. You know how those tweens…
Tweet Eloise was two and a half when she moved out of her crib. This week she is 10 and I’m going to tell you a little secret and please don’t tell her that I told you this…but she won’t get out of bed without permission. Do you want to know why? Because on that…
Tweet I remember the last time I told my story. It was over a year ago and I was sitting next to Heather on a three hour airplane ride. She had her newborn nursing baby and her brilliance with her and I had my humor with me and together we made the flight go by…
Tweet “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ― Philip Pullman Eloise writes in her journal almost daily. Her thoughts are deeper than mine were at her age. I found my third grade diary and mainly found posts that said “Dear Dairy, Today we had peas again…
Tweet We have to get in the car to swimming lessons in 10 minutes. The bag isn’t packed. No one has their swimsuits on. I haven’t applied make-up and even though it’s early on Sunday morning and we are just going to the pool, no one should be subjected to me without make-up. So…
Tweet I’ve been away for four days visiting a dear friend, her new baby, and of course the rest of her family. When the friend picks you up late at night from the airport and you arrive at her home and her husband has poured two glasses of wine that he has set out for…
Tweet My Aunt loaned us her bird feeder a few years back. She was moving away and thought my girls would love watching the birds from our kitchen window. As lovely as the idea sounded, I knew there was a reason in my 40 years of living that I never yearned for a bird feeder…
Tweet The trajectory of a runner who trips over a temporary road sign is about 2 feet forward into the air and then flat on the road face-first – hands out embedded with gravel, chest impacting on the tar, knees bruised immediately upon smashing into the road as the runner screams knowing that this impact…
Tweet I am so excited to finally be able to share some amazing news with you! I’m not pregnant or a Republican. Don’t worry. Are you familiar with Listen To Your Mother? Well you need to be..and if you are not..well you are about to fall in love. LTYM was created by Ann Imig…
Tweet I’m sitting at the dining room table right now. Our dining room table is the center of our home and I can see and hear into almost every other room. It’s where we eat, color, sew, do homework, work, write, and throw the cats off of approximately seven millions times per day. Astrid…
Tweet I worry for my children. Not because of drugs or bad guys or car accidents or bad fashion choices or clogs or boys who will be mean to them. I’m worried that they will become homebodies like their mother. Give me the choice of a party or sitting quietly in my room…
Tweet You know the parents that I love the most? The ones who give their 2nd graders iPads. I mean I really love them. I love them so much that I think they should buy everyone in the class iPads. Wouldn’t that be even more awesome? Eloise asked us for an iPod Touch last…
Tweet You know that old story about the man who goes to the doctor, moves his arms and says “It hurts when I do this” and the doctor responds with “Well stop doing that!” ..well that’s how I’ve been feeling lately about a lot of things. And then a very wise friend said to…
Tweet I used to vlog a lot. But then my children figured out how to unlock the closet door and free themselves and it was very hard for me to find any quiet time to vlog. And then Summer happened. Oh Summer. So with the kids back in school and Astrid now in preschool…
Tweet When we were leaving Jamba Juice yesterday Esther walked out right ahead of me as she always does because she pushes open the door and then stands behind it holding it so I can push Astrid out in the stroller. I don’t have to ask her to do this. It’s a reflex. When you…
Tweet I can do my BlogHer 2012 recap in two different ways – I can go into details on the people I met, the food I ate, the things I learned, the places I went, the unicorns I danced with and the shoes that I wore OR I can write a just write post in…
