This morning I was paying my parents a short visit. Eli played rough with my dad. My mom and I watched in amusement, commenting on how different boys can be from girls. We're not a rough-and-tumble kind of family, he just came wired that way. … [Read more...] about Please Send Bubble Wrap and Smelling Salts.
Kids
Taking This Show on the Road
Greetings from Texas! It's Spring Break, and for once we've actually gone somewhere more than one state away. On Friday morning my good friend Julie and I packed up the kids (all 5 of them!) and drove straight through from Indy to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Or, … [Read more...] about Taking This Show on the Road
Screw It.
"Momma, can I screw this?" {translation: Can I take this toy apart with a screwdriver?} {imagine how mortified he'll be someday to know he once asked permission from his mother.} "Momma, I'm a really good screwer, … [Read more...] about Screw It.
Jacob Tamme, Fancy Meeting You Here.
It's kids' consignment sale season, one of my favorite times of the year. A friend and I were both gushing about our love for consignment sales once, and we tried to explain it to our husbands by saying it was our equivalent of their Fantasy Football drafts. Pure, … [Read more...] about Jacob Tamme, Fancy Meeting You Here.
8 Is the New 13 and I’m Not Okay With That
I'm sitting on a giant pink ottoman just outside of a row of dressing rooms in Justice. Inside the dressing room, Elena is putting together yet another outfit of her own making. We've come here for one shirt, but that didn't stop her from filling her arms with bedazzled frocks … [Read more...] about 8 Is the New 13 and I’m Not Okay With That