Last night as soon as I clicked “publish” on that post, Graham woke up crying. “Mama hold the baby!”
The only time he calls himself a baby is when he wants to be held. “MAMA HOLD THIS BABY” sob sob scream wail sob. I tried patting him, holding him, changing him and applying Boudreaux’s Butt [...]
The boys were good today. Like, weirdly good. What is this? Is it a game? At one point my mom called, and I figured the goodness streak was broken since nothing can make my children run across the room to hate one another (loudly) like me getting on the phone.
But no – instead of the [...]
I know it’s obnoxious to brag. I know it’s obnoxious to talk about your kids being wonderful and magical and perfect. Which, mine aren’t so I think we’re good there. Last night they took turns screaming/throwing fits/bellowing/falling down a well until MIDNIGHT. Last night, I’m comfortable saying, our children sucked.
But I want to write a [...]
You know how you sometimes read about a kid doing something nuts like laying down on his skateboard and zooming down a hill into traffic or shaving the cat or making hour-long calls to Hawaii or drinking bleach or whatever and you think “Oh my God! WHERE WAS THAT CHILD’S MOTHER??”
I’ll tell you where she [...]
On Saturday, we packed a small suitcase: two pairs of shorts, Nicolaus’ overalls, a few shirts. A couple of shirts for me and some pajama pants. I put a few things in a tote bag – snacks, two sippy cups, a little camera with no CF card in it because I’m stupid, my wallet, cell [...]