Last week was the longest I’ve ever been away from Jakey. 4 nights in the steam bath that is Miami in June. More importantly, it was the longest I’ve ever been away from both Jakey and James together. We are all still recovering and in need of some pampering. Speaking…
My bra is in the kitchen. The ottoman is in the hall. There’s a block in the shower, Things are up at least 3 feet tall. An empty TP roll in the dishwasher, My folded clothes were pulled out of the drawer, Brand-new swimmy diapers in the hamper, Clean clothes strewn about the…
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1. I wish I was Tina Fey. (I fell in love with her as Sarah Palin. I wanted to be her after the outtakes in the movie “Date Night.”) 2. Hazel is the word you use when you have no idea what color something is. (As in, my son has hazel…
Tomorrow begins Jakey’s last week at the Gateway YMCA. I’ve been sick about making this decision for over a month. The day I gave Jake’s school notice that he was leaving, I came home and James had to give me a chocolate pudding cup and let me watch America’s Next…
I’ve decided maybe I should write a product review now and again. Just to mix it up a bit. I don’t really have a plan in terms of my criteria for what makes a good piece of baby equipment… it just is or it isn’t. That said, my first review…
Several months ago, Jakey realized he no longer had to be a passive receiver of zerberts, he could also hand them out. So, whenever he sees a nice area of exposed skin, he leans over and blows on it. I didn’t know you could zerbert someone’s calf, shoulder or knee,…
At Jakey’s first birthday party, his Nonno noticed he was doing sign-language for “more.” What a revelation! Now we had a silent solution to our public dining dilemma. Sign language is much less disruptive between every bite of sashimi. Jakey’s sign for more is his right index finger pointed into…
When Jake was really little I noticed that as he was falling asleep at night, he would practice each of his “tricks.” He’d say: Ga ga, ba ba, da da, click his tongue, clap his hands, and fall asleep. It was kind of like a little computer shutting down. Sometimes…
