Category: Parenting
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The ‘For Sale’ Sign.
It’s planted in our front yard, in all it’s surreal glory. One more bathroom, and moving most likely would’ve been replaced with talks of a boat instead. Like most families, we’ve put in a lot of work into our little pad…but it just doesn’t seem like it’s enough. One bathroom plus three girls is more…
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The Drippy Nose
The common cold is ravaging my house. It’s such a butt. When it hits, there’s absolutely nothing you can do to stop ‘the drippy nose.’ It drips and drips until you’re left wondering where on Earth all this snot is coming from. It leaves you, boxes of Kleenex (more like cases!) later, to the next…
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“I did it!”
“I DID IT! I DID IT! I DID IT!” Ahhh….The sweet sound of a toddler on her way to big girl pants. Potty training. Ugh. I started potty training my first child at 8 months, at the insistence of my own Mother that I was potty trained by then as a child. I now know…
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Water in the Face.
My kids love the water. Which is good. We live right by it, spend the summer surrounded by it and in it…it’s a good thing. But, my younger daughter, Lo, takes it to a new level. Kids wriggle around a lot when they’re in the tub. It’s almost impossible not to get water and/or soap…
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Floating Turds.
Bath time. It’s one of my favorite times of the day for a plethora of reasons. One, it signals the end of the day. Bedtime is near, and so is my coveted glass of Merlot. Two, my kids get along in the tub, and have more fun in there than they do anywhere else throughout…
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