Analyzing the joys and funny bits of parenting and the domestic life
The Giant Monster Birthday that we had planned for my son’s fifth birthday finally happened a couple weekends ago. Did we survive the party surrounded by sixteen hopped-up kids? Of course we did, but I had to resort to creating a comic to tell you about it. What’s with the comic? I had so much [...]
A few months ago I wrote a post about swearing around my kids – and the response I’ve been getting from my son in particular. I was supremely happy a few weeks later to learn that the post was also going to be syndicated on BlogHer. I was even more thrilled to be asked a [...]
My daughter turned Three on Monday. Three is a big deal. Three is loud, usually, but there is a chance of quiet. A small chance. For at least five minutes at a time, while they play quietly by themselves. Sometimes those five minutes stretch out to ten, fifteen, even thirty minute chunks of time. That’s [...]
I watch my son playing. He moves with his usual frenetic pace through the playground. Look away for a moment and he will be across the field. On top of the rock-climbing tower. Hanging over the side of the slide while other children push past him. I used to yell, “Be careful!”, while hovering underneath, [...]
A number of months ago, I received a message from an online friend A telling me that another mutual friend B of ours had blocked them on Twitter. Friend B, it seemed, felt that Friend A was acting in a stalkeresque way and wanted to cut off all ties. I was shocked and surprised since [...]
