And another punch to the chest, or ego… whichever.
I am a “stay at home mom”. Dooce has a humorous, yet “PG-13″ rated acrostic-of-sorts as her creative “title” for this highly esteemed role on her “about” page… My friend Jen created the You Might Be A Stay At Home Mom Saturday on her blog… which helps chronicle the moments that define us, overwhelm us, and [...]
Continued from yesterday…
Yesterday I wrote a post about my son. My original intent was to copy and paste the email praising my wonderful son. However, as I thought about it – the email meant so much more because of the journey my son and I have made. At one point I wrote about “… the light in [...]
Drama, drama, drama on the preschool playground.
On the way home from preschool Tuesday, Lucy kept saying, “Beyah (Bella) hurt my feewings at weecess.” Hours later… her emotional pain was still raw “Beyah (Bella) hurt my feewings at weecess.” And later still, with a pouty lower lip Lucy retold the story of her feelings getting hurt at recess. At one point she [...]
A family adventure: the corn maze
My kids crack me up. My kids also make me cry. I am in a constant state of overwhelm when it comes to my offspring… the greatest of joys and the deepest of frustrations. Our outing to a local corn maze on Saturday was an extended time of joy for me as a mom. I [...]
Make Me Laugh Monday – in pictures
You guessed it! It’s Make Me Laugh Monday! I had the pleasure of laughing this weekend, and two of the instances were caught on film. The first picture is of my 3 year old daughter, Lucy… eating a hot dog, but not the bun. Low-carbers, this may be your poster-child: Next up - Lisa (The [...]
"Poo-poo" demystified
Me (the Mom): Lucy, where are you? My 3-year-old, Lucy: I’m in he-ere. Me: Oh. Going potty? Lucy: No going poo-poo. Me: Do you need me to help you wipe? Lucy: No. I do it by mysewf. Lucy: I all done! (giggling) That poo-poo floats! It big like my head. Lucy: Mama?! Does poo-poo have [...]
Note to self: The age of "three" is not the "age of reason"… and whatnot
When a 3-year-old says “I need help!”, she is really saying, “Psych! I just wanted you to stop the very important task you were accomplishing. I actually really want to do this BY. MY. SELF. IdoitIdoitIdoit! I. DO. IT. BY. MY. SEWF! !!!!!” Also, and most importantly, even though you know that her [...]
Make Me Laugh Monday
After much consideration and with the generous permission of Jenny at Absolutely Bananas (because she started it!), I proudly share with you – Make Me Laugh Monday! as a regular feature here at Jennyonthespot. I participated in Jenny’s MMLM for awhile, and then she stopped hosting it… and I missed it! Granted, I was not [...]
The first day of school – pictures and all!
Whew. I made it. For some reason, sending my daughter off to 1st grade – a FULL day of school was terribly hard. It hurt. I ached. I cried. I felt silly. My son was headed to third, the wee one was tearing it up at preschool. With those two – we hugged and waved, [...]
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it [...]
