Anyone who has ever seen and loved National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation probably remembers when Clark, thoroughly in the throes of fun holiday pandemonium, declares that the family is standing on the “threshold of hell”. And anyone with kids (and probably most of those without) has had a moment when you truly feel that your life […]
Juice! Juice!
Direct shout out to my friend K for reminding me how much I wanted to write about this hot topic 🙂 Except in my house, it’s more like “Joooosss! JOOOSSSS!” The intensity and depth of my toddler’s obsession with juice is astounding to me. The entire household has been brought down countless times with ginormous […]
Stalking the Husband
Okay ladies, let’s be honest, who doesn’t do this? It’s about a 1/2 hr. before your husband is due home and you start casing out the driveway, maybe peering out the windows, every slight noise offering potential hope that perhaps it’s the garage door and your husband somehow has made it home early. Help is […]
The Man in the Yellow Hat
There are two main men in my life. You might think my husband and my son. Wrong. Mickey Mouse and Curious George rock my world with their amazing ability to captivate my son. So how incredibly perfect that my children are monkeys this year for Halloween (and this was not a result of brilliant planning, […]
The Never-Ending Pile of Magazines
I have no idea how the magazine publishing companies knew I was pregnant before I did, but I swear I started receiving issues of Baby Talk and American Baby in my mailbox within hours of my first child’s conception. I imagine the editors were stalking my house waiting with bated breath for the exact moment […]
Managing the Poop
Obviously, I must have bathroom needs on the brain, since I have now dedicated my last two posts to it…My husband always enjoyed talking about poop far more than I ever have. He was shocked to learn that growing up, it was not actually a daily topic of conversation for me (somehow didn’t come up […]
Potty Talk
I have come to the conclusion that one of the greatest joys for the foreseeable future will undoubtedly be going to the bathroom–alone. If you count dogs, there have been several occasions in recent months where there were 4 other beings with me in the bathroom. And by bathroom, I mean powder room, not one […]
UPS
My friend called last night to say she is participating a police training exercise day today, complete with guns and burning buildings. My sister went zip-lining in St. Lucia last week, and my SIL performs concerts in Europe to packed audiences. Totally awesome experiences. So what does this SAHM do for her adrenaline rush? Waits […]
Packing Heat
No, not talking about toting guns gangster-style. This is in reference to the self-induced sweaty, panicky lather I work myself into every time we try to leave for a trip (or the house in general for that matter). And I only have 2 kids. I absolutely cannot imagine how you parents with more do it. You would […]
Herd of Elephants
Today is a momentous occasion in our home–it is 7:43am and both of my children are still sleeping. I can probably count on one hand the number of times my son has slept past 7am in his short life. When this rare event does happen, there is cause for incredible rejoicing. My husband went into […]
