We play this game at family dinner sometimes. We go around the table and ask, “What was the best part of today? What was the hardest part?”
This morning, over saussage biscuits and strawberries, we asked the question for the entire year.
What was the best?
“Christmas,” Mare said.
“Christmas,” Ren agreed.
“What about horse shows? And the […]
“Momma, I want a new muver.”
Oh, good grief, I thought we were beyond this.
We are in the Loser Cruiser, zipping along the Pike on our way to New York, to Luke’s birthday. I am handing Ren bites of bagel and an orange juice to sip from. I have just told her she […]
I want to be very clear that I do not have a positive attitude. People with positive attitudes look at the bright side of every situation, exuding the wide-eyed faith that happy happy happy can happen to you too!
I freaking hate those people. I just want to see them smear their lipstick or walk […]
Cute Husband and I have been reading your comments all day and enjoying them. We’ll put them in the baby book and be sure Little One sees them some day.
We are both tickled to be the parents of three magical little women.
For those not following the Twitter — yes, the pink or blue […]
Everyone tells me how extraordinary it is to be the mother of a son.
“You’ll love all your children equally,” they tell me. “But there is nothing like a mother’s love for her little boy. I can’t wait for you to experience it.”
I’ll never forget the sight of Margaret, walking the city of Boston, […]
“NO MAMA, I WILL NOT WEAR LEGGINGS UNDER MY DOROTHY COSTUME!!”
“Doodle, it’s not a choice. If you want to wear this to school and be in the parade you must wear these leggings. That’s it, no more discussion.”
I ram pink leggings up her calves. She sobs. I run to grab the […]
“Momma, what’s wrong with your eye?”
Mare is in my lap. We’ve been on the couch for hours, watching movies and eating soup.
“What do you mean?” I ask.
“What’s the red thing?”
“Can you bring me a mirror?” I ask. The bathroom is only steps away, but I am […]
This weekend La Casa Loony Tunes hit the road for two — count ‘em TWO — big birthday parties. The first was for James and Bella, the kids with the two loviest accents ever.
It was held in the classroom of a zoo, and the highlight was the arrival of a macaw and a trainer […]
I open my front door, aching and nauseated, and smile to find Sunbeam working at the kitchen sink. I have walked in on her daily mission of mercy — emptying the girls’ lunch boxes and cleaning the Tupperware before I get one whiff and spend the night barfing.
I grin, and she knows the sonogram […]
In the spirit at Rockerfellas, Salem
It was Cute Husband’s idea to go to Salem, Massachusetts this weekend. It is the Halloween capital of the world (or so the t-shirts say, and we dutifully reported to the children). It was a long drive, so we plugged the kids into 12 Dancing Princesses and tried […]
