After months of anticipation, numerous threatening calls to an unnamed retailer and lots of talk about what “big boys” do… Jakey slept in his new big boy bed last night for the very first time!I woke-up in the middle of the night and James was gone. Apparently Jacob was “‘cared”…
My friend Emily is from Boston and she claims the best, most authentic lobster roll in the Bay Area can be found at Sam’s in Half Moon Bay (www.samschowderhouse.com). I think I even saw it featured on The Today Show. She’s right, it is delicious, but I’ve found one that’s…
At dinner the other night we were enjoying warm chicken souvlaki wrapped in flatbread. Good stuff. Jakey tells me, “I want sprinkles, Mama. Sprinkles.” I look across the kitchen table… I’m not seeing any sprinkles. “This?” “Yesth.” “Olive tapenade with feta cheese?” “Sprinkle it, please. Sprinkling.” Imagine little fingers pantomiming…
Jakey’s buddy Costa is infamous for his love of garbage trucks. You might even call it an obsession. He wakes up like clockwork to see them. He has numerous toy garbage trucks. He even watches garbage truck home movies. Whenever we hear or see a garbage truck, Jake always asks…
This morning the microwave timer rings, signaling my hot tea is ready. “Jacob help you Mama! Jacob open it.” “Thank you JJ. That is so helpful.” “No ploblem!”
Natesy is a sock loser. We’ve already lost a red driving shoe and two red cowboy boot socks. We’re down to only one pair of red argyles. This reminds me of a quote I will never forget from Carson on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, “My mom always said…
Last night Jake went to bed with his flashlight and his little owl book. Such a cute book because the kid owl wants to go to bed but the mommy and daddy owls make him stay up and play and read stories and drink water. Anyway, all of a sudden…
Today on my drive up 280 I was following a Miata with the vanity plate: NUDST66 Of course I passed on the left and took a good long look. Total disappointment. He was wearing an ugly Hawaiian shirt.
Mother Nature makes sure that the sound of your own kids’ little voices is just the cutest thing you have ever heard. Really. On occasion, I’ll admit I’ve heard a little kid talking at a restaurant table nearby and thought to myself, “Oh my gosh. That voice is like a cartoon adult…
So unfortunately, we’re still battling the carnal desire to bite. It’s very infrequent, and mostly clothes, but still considered overly menacing for the civilized world. We found out the cartoon movie Madagascar has a clear and apt message, “Don’t bite your friends.” Just the message we’re trying to send! The…