• Well, NOW What Do I Do?

    Can we talk about these pictures for a minute? No, I don’t want to talk about how the Department of Children and Families would take my child away if they knew I was…

  • Fort Bean

    On Tuesday morning, I was doing some writing and Beaner was playing in the living room.  I heard all kinds of bumping and moving and dragging of toys around and so I kept…

  • Teaching My Son Not to Share

    “Mom!” said Bean.  “I LOVE MY TREAT CUP!” “I’m so glad, Beanie!” “I just love my treat cup so much!” “Good, Beanie!  That’s so great!  You’re such a big boy!” “See?  I just…

  • Bean Speak

    Before I had Bean, I would hear moms talking about how much their young children talked.  They’d say things like, “…And then little Johnny said he wanted to eat Goldfish for dinner!  Can…

  • Clean Bean

    Bath time is still mine and Bean’s favorite part of the day.  He sings all his song with me and does all his tricks…but never on command…

  • Rebel Without a Cause

    When Bean turned one, all hell broke loose in his little world.  First, we switched completely over from his bottles to sippy cups.  I even packed up the bottles.  An act which caused…

  • These Cheeks Are Gonna Kill Me

    Bean grows like an inchworm.  He gets pudgy and fat and then he stretches out.  Then he gets pudgy and fat and then he stretches out.  It’s pretty much awesome.  My favorites are…

  • Bits of Bean’s Weekend

    I read a blog called, “Six in the City” that I really love.  It’s about a family of six (go figure) who relocated from the suburbs to New York.  One of my favorite…