Analyzing the joys and funny bits of parenting and the domestic life
My plans for a lovely two-week long reconnect over March Break has hit some loud snot-filled bumps filled with tears and screaming. Those bumps have been loud and long enough that I started to think the whole Great Reconnect idea was a big fat failure. But then my camera proved me wrong. This is why [...]
My five-year-old son, K, could care less about my camera. A huge part of his life involves co-starring in my photo shoots, but at no point has he ever taken an interest in taking his own pictures. I find this lack of interest curious, because when I was not much older than him, I had [...]
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 [...]
My son turned five the other day. He turned five in the blink of an eye. A moment that zoomed toward me faster than I could have ever imagined and passed us just as quickly. He is no longer only five. He is five years and seven days old, and before I can blink again [...]
The Oil of Oregano worked for a week. And then it didn’t. I’m sick. Yes, again. I think moving forward we should just assume that at all points for the rest of the fall and winter, I will be overcome by some virus or another and spewing evil little germs from my nose and mouth. [...]
