This summer has been the summer of togetherness. As in we are all together all the freakin' time and by 4 o'clock some days we are on the verge of killing each other. Especially Elena and Eli. That's why pictures like this do my heart good. … [Read more...] about Brother & Sister
Kids
Taking One For the (Swim) Team
For the first time in the three years that we've lived here, we've shunned the monstrosity that has become the YMCA swimming pool and joined a swim club right around the corner from our house. I'm not sure what we were thinking all those other summers. … [Read more...] about Taking One For the (Swim) Team
Feminine
Once upon a time I got an e-mail forward in which pictures were attached of a naked boy covered head to toe in maxi pads. It was funny, I laughed, and yet deep down I believed the pictures were a hoax. Somebody set that poor kid up. And then I left my son … [Read more...] about Feminine
On Having A Boy
A couple of weeks ago I found myself in a garage sale paradise. The sale belonged to a woman who spent more money in the last few years at Gymboree than I've probably spent on clothes for myself in my entire lifetime. Seriously. It looked like a Gymboree … [Read more...] about On Having A Boy
Signs of Summer
There are hundreds of little signs that tell you summer is approaching: the days gradually get longer, you hear the ice cream truck ditty for the first time, the farmer's market opens. But the one thing that heralds the return of warmer days for me is the sudden need … [Read more...] about Signs of Summer