Analyzing the joys and funny bits of parenting and the domestic life
I’m still on the painfully slow road to recovery. Never in my life have I been so sick. And I hope to never be this way again. Fingers crossed, knock on wood, do a dance to the moon goddess under the stars. I honestly would not have managed without my mom staying with me this [...]
Did anyone ever tell you that the holidays are a time of chaos and parties and pageants and visits and concerts and the Last-Day-of-Every-Activity-Ever-Before-Christmas-Break-So-We-Must-Attend-And-DO-Something-Special? No? Well, it’s true. So many last days to attend to, and most of them accompanied by juice boxes and rice krispie treats for twenty. I feel as though I’ve spent [...]
This past weekend, the whole lot of us packed up and flew to Calgary, Alberta for the weekend. The reason for the adults to go was so that we could attend my husband’s company Christmas party. The reason that the kids went is that it occurred to us, that we probably couldn’t leave them home [...]
I spend a significant amount of time at the pool. Swimming is currently the only activity that I have the kids signed up for, but two kids in swimming still means that I’m hanging at the pool at least three times a week. My three-year-old daughter likes to share the fun of her adventures with [...]
My brother and I were never like that. I look up at the woman who spoke and she nods her head toward the sight of my children hugging each other so tightly that one of them inevitably loses their footing, and falls to the ground pulling the other on top of them. This happens a [...]
