On Thursday I was talking to a friend, and we noted all the kids missing and sick at the school. “There sure is a lot going around,” I said to her, “I just hope if we get it, we get it right away and get over it before the book fair.” That very night, Mark […]
Travel at the Yummy Mummy Club
Hi everyone, I have a little something up at Yummy Mummy Club, and it’s all about travelling with NO TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT. Yikes! Check it out, pretty please, and if you could leave a comment I would be forever grateful! xo
Whew! It’s November!
Did you survive Halloween? Honestly, I wasn’t 100% sure we were going to make it through the day yesterday. The kids were completely wired with Trick or Treating on the horizon. At one point they were running laps around the house – which is not an uncommon occurrence, really – and I thought they were […]
Marital Strain
You just know with a title like that it’s going to be a juicy post. On Modern Family – do you watch Modern Family? It’s very funny. – the other night, Claire was looking through the Tupperware and wondering how or why the containers and lids get separated. Phil replied, built-up resentment, financial issues, met […]
And…we’re back.
Wow, was I just on vacation? I have that weird, not-unfamiliar feeling that I was in a completely alternate universe many months ago, although we’ve been home for only a few days. It’s funny how one day a person can spend hours in a complete state of relaxation, eating sublime food, walking on a beach, […]
Not Typical
With regards to my last post, my insane amount of early morning domestic accomplishments is definitely not typical. Clearly I was experiencing some sort of crazy nervous energy burst and my only outlet was baking a cake at 7:30 in the morning; not something that occurs regularly. Also not typical was the beautiful trip to Tofino, […]
Conversation at the Breakfast Table
Jake: Is today the day that Grandma is coming for a sleepover? Me: No, that’s tomorrow. Both boys, in unison: Awwwwww! Me: Remember, Mom and Dad are going on Thursday, we’ll be gone all day Friday, then we are coming back on Saturday. Mark: Can you come back on Sunday instead? So apparently they are […]