Bubble Dress

My friend Kristen loves to read Us magazine.  Unfortunately I’ve ruined one standing feature for her which is the “Stars– They’re Just Like Us!” page.  Apparently, up until I pointed it out, she’d never noticed how ridiculous the “Stars drink coffee– Just Like Us!” captions were.  Luckily she’s a good…

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Yi-yon

Jake loves being a lion… or yi-yon as he puts it.  More on lions sometime in the near future.  This is an important detail as I relay one of James’ latest stories.  A few weeks ago we were bicuspid deep in our ten day biting phase.  James picked Jake up at school and…

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Skateboarding Is Not A Crime

If Jakey says something to you that sounds like “paintballing,” he’s actually referencing his favorite hobby outside of catching butterflies and fishing poles… and that hobby is: skateboarding.  He asks me to leave his socks on so he can slip around on the hardwood floors, “Skateboarding, Mama.  Skateboarding.”  He says Miss…

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The End of an Era

I can hardly believe today was Baby Nate’s and my last day together… just us.  No schedule.  No chores.  No lists.  We just went about our business… Hot tea and the Today Show (sorry Meredith, we won’t miss you), Oller Brothers, Home Depot, soccer jersey drop-offs, dry cleaning pick-up, Buy…

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Goldilocks

It began with Mama’s “hot tea.”  Every morning I have one cup of tea and it is heaven.  Tazo’s Awake tea… even better than those expensive British brands.  In any case, it required significant Jakey training as he has always been highly prone to jostling, bumping, crashing, and spilling.  All…

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