Yesterday was a tough one. I sort of blogged it out over at at Parenting.com. But today is a new day. I was nicer to the kids. The fridge situation got all sorted out and the new one is lovely and spacious and if we were gonna cash in our life savings for a fridge, [...]
This makes me want to add a new category to my blog for premature signage: If they’ve ended hunger, then why are my kids still begging for lunch and should I still donate to the food bank this year?
Today in the car, Magoo noticed that several cars were speeding past us. Magoo: They are going off the speed limit mom! Totally! Me: Yep. They’re going pretty fast. Magoo: They’re going too fast. We don’t drive like that. Me: Hrm. Magoo: We don’t drive off the speed limit because we don’t want to get [...]
Last weekend, I took a young woman friend of mine into Seattle to have lunch with Nintendo, that nebulous Mario-ridden empire of a company, some women and girls doing amazing mentoring work in the community, and stylist Jennifer Rade. It was a fun mix of people talking about goals, games, fashion and eating chocolate calzones. [...]
My kids were going to town fighting on the way to church this morning. Way to bring in the spirit of peace, love and joy! Go team! I’ve often heard cheerleaders yell, “Go! Fight! Win!” Maybe the kids were following that advice and thought they were on the road to some sort of championship, rather [...]
I was walking through Pike Place Market with Wanda in the stroller last week when a woman came up and started making a big fuss over her, as she should. Wanda is unstoppably edible and adorable. “What a cutie!” she gushed and just then Magoo walked around from where he was hiding behind my legs. [...]
