When I was in junior high, my friend Melanie and I babysat at my standard weekly gig and ended up with hand, foot and mouth disease. I swear she’s still kind of mad at me about that… Thank goodness we weren’t in England. Now that I’m a grown-up, I figured…
On Thursday, Nathaniel’s school form came home with the following note: “Nate loves plain banana. I didn’t add cereal. He ate most of it without complaint.” I’m happy to see he’s become so adventurous. Now his diet consists of: milk wooden train tracks paper towels tin tea cups bananas This…
As I’ve often declared, we are not above toddler bribery. And so far, it hasn’t failed us. Why just the other day I was shocked when Jake was enjoying “two treats for trying” and said “Three more, Mama.” I was stunned, “Whoa! That was actual math.” I’m glad Jacob’s first…
I made the mistake of telling Jakey that his birthday is after Mama’s birthday. James told me that he was pretty sure Jacob thought that meant his birthday was today. Nah… At dinner tonight he asked when we were holding his party and where the cupcakes were. Oops?
It’s been about four weeks since Nathaniel started doing the “Superman”… lying on his tummy and lifting his little arms and feet in the air like he’s flying. He knows how to roll multiple times to get where he needs to go, and has clearly mastered the pivot. Then today, I…
We just got back from a perfect morning at Happy Hollow. I freakin’ love that place. I really do. We show-up at 10am, ride all the rides before any kids get there, eat our Zanotto’s picnic, visit some animals and then get the heck out of Dodge by 1pm. Today…
This past week I had an impromptu parent/teacher conference at Baby Nate’s school. Teacher Noemi had filled-in a one page sheet telling me what he can do and what he’s currently “working on.” It seems as though he’s meeting all his developmental milestones with flying colors. His current areas for…
I can’t remember exactly how long it’s been since Jake started singing… recognizable songs that is. It must have been eight months ago or longer when I heard him singing to himself and the only part I could make out was “Yesth, sir, yesth, sir,” sung with great gravitas. All…
Two Sundays ago, Daddy brought Jakey and Natesy to Mommy’s soccer game for the first time. It’s been quite awhile since she had any fans. Jacob cheered me on yelling, “Mama Power!” from the bleachers. Clearly this is the best cheer of all time.
We read a lot of books. Or maybe more accurately, we read a handful of books, alot. I’m thinking of starting a little blog book critique in all of my spare time. Stay tuned for that. The other night Jakey brought me a book. “Read this book Mama. This book no make you sick. …