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Catch Ups and Weekends
Last week I was back in school for preplanning and it basically kicked my butt. I started to regret my afternoon naps and staying in my pajamas all day during the summer because…
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Friendship Knows No Country
A little over a year ago, Gracie’s bestest little buddy in her daycare class moved back to Italy. Her dad was here working for two years, but when his contract was up, they…
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I’ll Miss This One Day
This past Saturday afternoon, we were all in the kitchen having lunch. We had a baseball game to get to, and Chris and I were hurrying around trying to get ready to go…
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Where’s My Baby?
Good Lord. I can’t even handle this picture. How old is that kid? Surely, that’s not my little baby boy? The one who used to say that dogs “woofed” instead of bark.…
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The Hardest Part of Kindergarten
I was somewhat prepared for Bean starting kindergarten this year. I read a few articles about it online, talked to some friends who had been through this before, and reminded myself that Bean was…
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John Hancock, The Remix
I have had the same signature since I was in college. I sign with my first initial and then my last name. I started with the first initial thing because my maiden name…
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The Importance of Being a Mom
For the past two and a half years, my main focus in life has been to keep my kids alive. (And stay married in the process.) I had to learn how to feed…
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He’s Brilliant! (Says his mother)
I don’t know if it has something to do with being home every day with Bean now and just noticing more about him, or if he is actually a brilliant genius. I suspect…
