To My Baby, My darling youngest child. I love you. I love your smells, your sounds. I love your giggles and your guffaws. I love your new gangsta look with the backward baseball cap and the silly glasses. I love how you wait to the last minute to go to the bathroom and go running [...]
Posts Tagged ‘kids’
From Babies To Empty Nesters AKA Someday I’ll Get Those Christian Louboutins
August 22nd, 2010 
admin When our son was a baby, we’d stuff him into his stroller in the evening and take a walk. Sometimes our walks were cut short buy a crabby, crying baby. Other times, we were allowed the luxury of a brisk pace, often arguing about whose turn it was to push the cumbersome Peg Perego stroller. [...]
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Tags: college is freaking expensive, kids, parenting, time flies, why did i have kids 
3 Comments »A Whisper To A Scream: When Moms Have To Repeat Themselves
August 15th, 2010 admin “Someone please let the dog in.” requested in a nice, cheery voice. Because really? It was a simple thing, all that needed to be done was open the sliding glass door to let in the dog who was about to body slam her way through the window. Crickets chirping. “Someone. Please. Let the dog in!” [...]
There Are Certain Things You Can Never Live Down When You Have Children
August 12th, 2010 admin Me: I can’t wait to go away. With Daddy. You know..erm…without you guys. Kid-less. Just me and him. *Dreamy look in eyes* 12 y/o Daughter: *eye roll* I know what you’re going to do Mom. Me: Whaddya mean? You think we’re going to, you know…have sex? *staring straight ahead at the road because I’m driving [...]
Posted in crazy family, my life Tags: kids, kids who overhear parents having sex, parenting, parents have sex 10 Comments »Now I Get It
July 18th, 2010 admin Growing up, my parents locked the bathroom doors. I never really understood that because who in the hell would want to walk in on my dad while he was crapping reading? We weren’t allowed to touch our parents products…lotion, shampoo, toothpaste and the almighty hair gel and make up. Those things were taboo. Justice was [...]
Posted in crazy family, my life Tags: family, kids, no privacy, parenting, using parents products 13 Comments »Don’t Worry, Be Happy
July 13th, 2010 admin Shortly after I gave birth, I began stressing. I’m a premature stresser-outer. It’s real, look it up. OK, you caught me. I made it up. But, I own it. I’m OK with it, as long as I don’t start getting bleeding ulcers or something. When my kids were little. As in, really little. I started [...]
Posted in crazy family, my life Tags: getting a kid a car, kids, kids getting drivers license, parenting, stressing, worrying 13 Comments »I Love You But You Are Driving Me Nuts
July 7th, 2010 admin There was a recent article in New York Mag by Jennifer Senior called All Joy And No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting. I read it. You should too! From the way I’ve been feeling since middle school started (ok, maybe a little earlier than that), I could completely relate to so many things the author [...]
