Somedays I cannot believe how busy we are around here. Between scouts, choir, soccer, birthday parties, piano lessons, family commitments and homework I feel like half of the time I am just diving my kids around from place to place. I know this isn’t news to any suburban parent. I was warned about this. The [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Listen to The Bloggess’ Audio Book With Your Kids in the Car
April 25, 2012 14 Comments
I was so excited when my copy of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened arrived in the mail. I was psyched because I had preordered it eons ago and people that bought the paper version of the book got theirs earlier. I ordered the audio book because 1) How cool is it that Jenny got to [...]
The Halloween Debacle – Part 2
November 1, 2011
To get the whole story you have to first read “The Halloween Debacle – Part 1.” * * * When I left the parade I was really hoping that Claudia would find her costume on the school bus on the ride home, but when she came off of the bus empty handed I knew we [...]
The Halloween Costume Debacle – Part 1
October 29, 2011
I am not a terribly prepared or organized human being, but I know from experience that if you wait until mid-October to buy children’s Halloween costumes they will be picked over and you will never get what you want. Halloween is the one holiday I have down, when school starts in September we order our [...]
The Silver Lining
September 9, 2011
I am looking forward to winter because in the winter there a no mosquitoes to ravage my poor itchy ankles. I told this to my children this afternoon. I told them this one, because it is true and two, because I was trying to think of something positive to say. The kids didn’t have school [...]
With the Lights Out It’s Less Dangerous
September 2, 2011
Claudia has decided what she wants to be for Halloween. She is seven years old. What on earth have I created? I will take partial credit. The Goon Squad’s birth announcement featured a picture of the twins wearing Misfit’s onesies. Then there was this. Then I praised her when she wanted these. But none of [...]
I Was Standing in the Shower
August 31, 2011
I am standing in the shower and I can hear the shrieking coming down the hall. I have been in the shower almost long enough so that my hair is wet enough to put in the shampoo. I wonder what he could have done to make her so angry in such a short period of [...]
Words Yes, Title No
June 23, 2011
There is a long story behind this, but the short version is that the tv that lives in front of my elliptical machine is not hooked up and my kids are on summer vacation so there was a mandatory dance party this afternoon. This is how I happened to see a person Irish dancing a [...]
We All Love Rock N’ Roll
May 13, 2011
Claudia really wanted the Barbie I Can Be Rock Star Doll Set for her birthday. Thinking that was totally awesome, I ran right out and bought it. I admit, however, to having an ulterior motive. I am going to call them Cherie and Leta and make them form a band with the Joan Jett Barbie [...]
When Did Seven Become a Teenager?
May 12, 2011
THAT IS IT! I AM GOING TO CANCEL THE BIRTHDAY PARTY. I couldn’t do it again this year. We had a big party last year. This year they each have something like 28 children in their classes. If we invited them all that is 56 kids, plus all of the extra kids that come because [...]
I Am Your Mother. I Have Proof.
May 9, 2011
For Mother’s Day my son made me card. It included this lovely acrostic which implies that I am a keeper. This card also came with what I would call a coupon, but my son insists is a credit card, that gets me “one free set the table’. Sweet, right? When dinner time rolled around I [...]
The Lies Parents Tell
April 25, 2011
Growing up I rarely lied to my parents. Sure, every once in a while I would say I was going to the movies and instead I would be drinking beer at a bonfire on The Causeway and sometimes I skipped class and failed to mention it, but I usually just told them things they didn’t [...]
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