Happy Halloween!

And Eli, Three Years Ago:

Every Year It’s Always the Same

I couldn’t decide whether to get Halloween candy that would be really delicious, so I could eat half the bag ahead of time the leftovers, or if I should get Halloween candy that’s “eh” so I wouldn’t be interested in it.  I opted for Option B (Swedish Fish) and now I’m wondering how I can [...]

Desperate For Content

Is anyone else planning Thanksgiving dinner yet?  Last year I was in the the throes of morning sickness and it suuuuuuuuuuuucked so this year I am making up for lost time.  Let me just put it to you this way – we’re going to have two different kinds of rolls. Here’s our menu: Breakfast:  Cinnamon [...]

Party Time

Please note, he tells everyone who asks that he is “a pregnant bee”. Awesome. I had the BAD FEELINGS about the Halloween party which Eli did NOT WANT to go to. We were supposed to come pick them up early to “watch them dance” and he was horribly opposed to the idea of dancing and [...]

Help, Please!

1.  When Eli does something he’s not supposed to do, we count to five and if he doesn’t stop doing it, we put him in time out for three minutes.  This has always worked really well, although he does sometimes go in time out a shocking number of times per day.  Lately, however, he’s figured [...]

Elsewhere

I’m on solo parenting duty right now and oh holy eff, you don’t want to hear my take on this day. Maybe go read some of these blog posts I’ve been collecting – my favorite things other people have written. I’ve got a ton but I’ll start here. Eliza Lou – The Joy on the [...]

Driven

WHEWWWWWWWWWWWWW. I have been waiting to write this post for six years, since I started this blog. So here’s something that most people out there reading this don’t know about me.  I am 34 years old and I have never had my driver’s license. I have gotten really really good at hiding it, because I [...]

Sunday

It’s been raining for two days, we finally had to turn the heat on. I may make some caramelized onions and ham to layer on top of something bready and fattening, doesn’t that sound good? Top Chef Just Desserts is diet Kryptonite, thank goodness last night we were a little too sauced up to drive [...]

We Call It the Turtle Face

Katherine started making this exact face a few days ago. (That’s Eli in that picture.)  We haven’t gotten a picture of it yet, but it is every bit as awesome as you might imagine.  

The State of the Kiester

I think Broke Week is making me fat. Or keeping me fat.  Or, here, here’s the politically correct version for you:  My efforts at fitting into my pants and feeling more comfortable in my own body and in getting into shape are being compromised by too much potato soup. The first three weeks of the [...]