Tic, Tic, Tic…..
Share the lies: Remember when you were a kid, and the last week of school seemed to last for two months? It’s just a few days away, yet the anticipation is maddening and it seems as though time stops in the moments leading up to the final bell. Do you remember that feeling? You do? [...]
Mommy’s Summer Olympics 2012
Share the lies: As we bid adieu to the 2012 Summer Olympics, I think it is important to take a few minutes to pay homage to all of the athletes who worked so hard to make their countries proud. Today I would like to call attention to all the mommy’s out there who run and [...]
Mommy’s New Senses
Share the lies: I’ve written about how life changes when a baby moves in to your house, and I’ve written about the sneaky things that change when you become a parent. It became apparent the other day, however, that I have made a huge omission. Sensory changes. I discovered this omission in a horrifying way [...]
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days
Share the lies: We’re officially halfway through summer. Once both of my loves are in school for a full day, I am guessing this will be the time of summer where I would expect to start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Right now, we’re just in a tunnel that ends with [...]
A Letter From My Future Self
Share the lies: From: July 16, 2032 To: July 16, 2012 By now both Charlie and Tilly are grown and starting to make their way in the world. Gone are the days of waking up with a little person 1 cm away from your face yelling “cock-a-doodle-do!” Gone too are the days of tripping over [...]
The Worst Thing. Ever.
Share the lies: Just after Charlie was born, a friend of mine was over and Charlie was having a tough day. He had his first cold, and was just generally miserable. At the time, being a new mom, I was struggling to figure out what to do and how to make him happy. My friend [...]
Giggle Bag
Share the lies: While Charlie has turned a corner into an annoying phase that I hope ends in the next seven seconds, Tilly has entered one that I hope never ends. My sweet girl threw her first full-on violent tantrum about a week after she turned one. From then until about a week ago, her [...]
What Could Go Wrong?
Share the lies: So in Monday’s post, I mentioned that my family and I are leaving for vacation later this week. What I didn’t mention is that my great friend Margaret and her family just happen to be going to the same area of Florida as we are to visit her parents. Not just that [...]
Top Ten Things That Change Once a SECOND Baby Moves into Your Home
Share the lies: 1.) No matter how much of a baby your first child is when the next one moves in, your first baby gets an immediate promotion. If they are a baby, they become a toddler overnight, a toddler gets promoted to a kid and a kid….well you get the idea. Suddenly this little [...]
Daddies Just Do Things Differently
Share the lies: Before I had kids, I was the boss of me. Well, technically I did have a boss who could actually fire me, but you know what I mean. As a high school teacher, I decided what we did on a daily basis, what was tolerated within the walls of my classroom and [...]
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