For as long as we've known this child, she has fought sleep. We're convinced that she could manage to keep herself awake for days if given the chance, which is why we have never, EVER given her that chance. Too scary for words, that...

This weekend she uttered words I had never before heard: "Mama, I'm tired and I want to go to bed."

I think my jaw ( Read more... )

Since hearing a recent NPR piece on the Luddite leanings of McCain, I've been trying to decide whether I'm merely scornful (he can't even Google?! What a dork.) or whether there's valid reason for worry (he can't even Google and he wants to lead the country ( Read more... )

You know that old Staples commercial, the one with the parent whizzing down the aisles singing "It's the most wonderful time of the year" while piling up school supplies? Yeah, that's how I felt today as I walked home from the bus stop, minus the shopping cart.

I love the start of the school year and the return of routine. And possibly also the ( Read more... )

I took the day off yesterday and told O she could pick the agenda. She's been begging to go here, there, and everywhere all summer long ("Mom, can we go to the museum? How about the Science Center? And the Children's Museum? OH! And Sandcastle!") and I finally could no longer stave off the trip to some overcrowded attraction or another ( Read more... )

I am definitely a few pounds heavier and a few more days behind in my sleep deficit, however ( Read more... )

So, inspired by 
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We set off for a ride yesterday morning despite the enormous level of sheer grump in the house. Four hours later, we rolled home stiff, sore, and tired ( Read more... )

I am going to confess something that will expose my shamefully slackidasical parenting: Olivia cannot tie her shoes ( Read more... )

Sometime last year Olivia checked out an A-Z Mystery from the li-berry and was reading it in bed. "Hey, mom, the kids were solving a mystery and they got on the yack-it and sailed away ( Read more... )

We were at dinner last night, where Olivia was busily drooling over the latest American Girl catalog ( Read more... )