My Mommy's Place

Making A Cake

“That’s all we’re getting?” Julia asks, nodding toward the pack of butter in my otherwise empty grocery cart. “Uh huh.” “Cause that’s all the money we have?” She looks concerned. I take stock of the faces turning our way, smile and say, “That’s all we need.” But that’s not true. We have eighty-one cents in our account [...]

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So Maybe The Bratz Bathroom Bummer Wasn’t Such A Bummer After All

When Julia started Kindergarten, she immediately became friends with a girl I’ll call Rhonda. Of course, Rhonda isn’t her real name. I’d love it if it was, though. I’d be all, “Help me, Rhonda!” Man, I love The Beach Boys. Especially during summer. It just feels so….right! Anyway. [...]

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Making Room for Baby (and some pictures I want to show you)

Two months from today, I will be holding Phoebe in my arms instead of my belly. We’re all warming up to the idea, though I just can’t seem to imagine what it will be like to actually have a third child in my charge, especially since I still haven’t figured out where I’m going [...]

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Hey Cool Kids: Visit My Etsy Store! Offering simple, hand-made sock monkeys.

And Alexander Thought His Day Was Bad.

I knew it was going to be a rough day when it started before we could even make it down the stairs to breakfast. “Noooo!!!!!” Lucy screamed. “Mom! Lucy pushed me!” Julia snitched. I was already battle-worn as the night before ended with a naked Lucy, fueled by sisterly motivation, waggling her butt at me from the [...]

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The Bears

We’d been away from the girls approximately 18 hours and while most people wouldn’t call that a vacation, I did as I am always with the girls. Always. All the time. Where are they now? With me! See what I mean? And so, we thought we’d mark the monumental [...]

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Hey Cool Kids: Visit My Grimm Reality My husband's cool beaner blog.

And when you get your second set, that’s all the teeth you’ll ever get. So saith Dr. Seuss.

Her tooth had been wobbling for ages and after four months of, “Maybe it’ll fall out today?” I was convinced it was never going to. And that was fine with me. Baby teeth mean she’s still my baby, right? But the night before last, it happened. Julia lost her first tooth. She [...]

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In Which I Will Be Forced to Consume A Vile Concoction and Then, They Will Suck My Blood

Today, I will go to my obstetrician’s office for the Glucose Challenge Test. Don’t you love how they make it sound like it just might be fun? It’s a challenge! Are you up for it? Here, drink this disgusting liquid. Don’t throw up! Now, let’s poke you with needles. [...]

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Lucy, The Lightning Bug Princess

We had spent the whole day outside in our bathing suits. The girls had been running from the paddling pool to the playset and back, stopping now and then to pick and bring me flowers or play with the kittens. I had soaked up some sun and read Olympia Dukakis’s autobiography between rescues [...]

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The Back Yard

I remember the first time I saw the back yard from my childhood as an adult. I couldn’t believe how small it was. As a kid, it seemed to stretch on for miles. It was perfect for kickball with the evergreen I planted in Kindergarten serving as first base, the butternut tree [...]

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Hey Cool Kids: Visit My Etsy Store! Offering simple, hand-made sock monkeys.

And it happened on the day I had to move up an underwear size and my ego was already a little bruised.

Yesterday, I hauled Dave and the kids to an awesomely huge Kids Stuff Sale in hopes of scoring Julia some second-hand jeans for school, which I did and more. I was still feeling a little high from the knowledge that I was only going to hand over half the cash in my pocket for [...]

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