On our last (and only) trip to Disney, we decided to wedge a more relaxed day of non-park activities in between the two park days. It went well the first time around, so we opted to repeat this format on this trip. Therefore, on Friday, we slept in and then went to the pool at […]
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Lazy Sunday Afternoon
After spending the better part of Saturday organizing my husband’s office with him and attempting step 1 of a 12-step organizational plan for the small people’s toys designed to keep the crazy in me at bay a little longer, we were wiped. So on Sunday, finally coming to terms with the fact that it’s so […]
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The Remains of the (Last September) Day
Yesterday morning, on the last day of September, I awoke to this. I’m growing to love the look of the morning sun on the marsh at high tide, and the fall colors work well, I think, against this backdrop. Mid-morning, baby-girl and I took a short field trip with her preschool class to a dentist’s […]
I Do Mothering All The Time
This just happened to me an hour ago in the grocery store. I was standing in an aisle, deliberating over granola bars while the three small people, all wound up from school and so forth, played one of their “shuffle around in an odd manner and draw as much attention to us as possible†games […]
Truth From A First Grader
Armed with my convictions based on the last two mornings without coffee, I woke up this morning, threw on some workout clothes, and turned on the coffee maker. While the small people ate breakfast then, I sat and drank my coffee. It’s amazing how much more vivid life can be after a caffeine fix. It […]
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I Blame My Bad Parenting On A Lack Of Coffee
I didn’t have coffee yesterday until mid-morning, and as a result, I committed bad parenting multiple times, all in the space of an hour. I blame the coffee’s absence. As the small people breakfasted, I remembered that my first grader was supposed to bring something in for what I guess could be called “Show and […]