hazard pay
I usually call the kid ‘baby as in ‘baby and I are blowing bubbles’ or ‘baby and I had this for lunch’ or ‘baby and I are going to the Y.’ […]
What I always want to remember as a parent
“We are all just one phone call away from living a totally different life,” said Kelly Corrigan at a speaking event I went to last week (you might remember that […]
a single moment
The littlest kid hurts my feelings. Seriously, he breaks my heart open so severely that it just hurts. Today, he woke up from his nap and we did the little […]
Developing Your Child's Love of Reading
One of the defining things about me as a child was that I was a reader. I read at the table (until busted). I read in the bed after bedtime […]
the last cold day (hopefully)
We spent what we hope was the last cold day at the park, playing, sliding down the slide side by side, and watching the ducks (the ducks also kept an […]
Random Bits
From the Only at Our House File… Yes, that is exactly what you think it is. A squirrel’s tail with no squirrel attached. I found this under one of our […]
Random Bits
So, Happy threw a little tantrum the other day at the Farmer’s Market in town (it was over strawberries). Happy was in front of me and Lola was beside me. […]
Rising to the occassion
When it came time to bring home a baby, there were really just two needs I had: a sleeper and a non-bleeder. I could handle vomit. I could handle poop. […]
Things I want baby to know #119
You only have to be you. We all need room to be who we are at every moment of our lives without excuses, apologies, or anything else. Know that you […]