Come to think of it, Heineken has always been one of Granddad’s favorite beers. And speaking of beer… Last weekend we’re all at the dinner table and the big one says to me, “Mama, is Jacob big enough to have beer yet?” It seems he thought posing this question in…
This morning’s conversation in Mommy and Daddy’s bed, post sippy-cups: Mama: “Natesy, sit down on your bottom. We do not stand in bed.” Jacob: “On your heinie, Nake!” Mama: “Who taught you that word?” Jacob: “Granddad.” Mama: “I knew you were gonna say that.”
Once upon a time, in a town not so far away, there was a boy named Jacob. He was a very smart little boy– he always tried very hard and never gave up because he knew that’s what would make him smarter and smarter. And he ate lots of lettuce…
I recently got out my all-time, number one, favorite baby book for Nake. It’s called Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli and it’s suspenseful, relatable and one of the funniest books we own. Really. We flipped through the pages that originally endeared us, given its likeness to Baby Jacob… Blueberries: Yummy! …
Let’s play a game. Close your eyes and tell me what you see when you hear the words “hip huggers.” Good, good. Now I’ll close my eyes and tell you what I see when I hear the words “hip huggers”… Two very different things.
Breaking News… Breaking News… Breaking News… Breaking News… Breaking News… Breaking News… I’m going to go out on a limb, CNN-post-Supreme-Court-Obamacare-decision-style, and declare Jacob OFFICIALLY POTTY TRAINED. Sure, I’m tempting fate. But I just ate a chocolate chip cookie and I’m feeling daring. He jumps up and heads to the…
I guess Miss Dulce doesn’t think her messages are getting through via the typical channels…
When I was little, I remember my mom worrying that my brother might have diabetes because the kid was constantly glugging down water. It turned out he was just thirsty. Lately, it’s crossed my mind with Nake. I just spent more than a week where I must have heard the…
So we finally made it home after 9 adventure filled days in Central Pennsylvania. Our internal clocks are super out of whack so forgive me if I have to come back and revise this post when it’s not four minutes until midnight, east coast time. Some of the highlights from…
There is a terrible, terrible lie among us. A societal untruth that is running rampant. It’s gone viral. Whether this deception is deliberate is unclear. What is clear is that I have uncovered one of the great myths of our age: Girls change clothes more than boys. HA! Unequivocally false. …