My Mommy's Place

They Don’t Call It Beantown For Nothing. You Know, Magical Fruit And All.

Lucy’s vocabularly is exploding right now. She busts out new words every day. In a thick Boston accent. She’s always asking for “wahta” to drink. Yesterday she asked me to, “Putah in da gahhbage!” (Translation: “Put it in the garbage.”) Later, she told me she, “faahhhhted.” And while I abhore the word “fart,” [...]

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Lucy Plays Putt Putt At Julia’s School Winter Carnival

What’s hard about golf? You put it in the hole, right? But what’s the club for?

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Just Think, One Day I’ll Be Posting THREE Ribbon Festival Performances

Julia participated in her second Ribbon Festival on Saturday. (And guess what?!?!?! THIS WOMAN was there! Her daughter played Lightly Row! We didn’t speak! It was awkward! For me! Because I don’t think she even saw me! Unless she did but pretended not to or something!) Julia wore a [...]

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The Power Of A Posse

Our playgroup started in 2007. Five moms, five three-year olds and Baby Ella. Three years later, we’re still a group. Five moms, five five-turning-six-year olds, four one-turning-two year olds and Baby Ella. (Okay, so Ella’s not so much a baby anymore, but the name stuck. Sorry, kiddo. You’re forever Baby [...]

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Hungry Like The Wolf. If A Wolf Will Eat Anything And Everything, Anytime, Anywhere.

I am a woman ruled completely by her stomach. This pregnancy has me hungry like I’ve never been hungry before. Lock up your pets and don’t get too close - I might bite. Not because I want to. I HAVE TO. Like a vampire. I’m THAT HUNGRY. ALL [...]

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Dave’s Not Complaining

growing a baby but it’s my bra, not my pants that no longer fit

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The Haiku Buckaroo Contest 6.0

You may not know this but spring cannot come until a new Haiku Buckaroo is chosen. It’s a fact I made up and it’s 100% true. What’s a Haiku Buckaroo? I’m so glad you asked in-the-dark-dude! It’s the winner of my semi-annual, full-on awesome haiku contest. So, how ’bout we [...]

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I Might Be A Little Bit Emotional. (I Can Say It. You Can’t, Though.)

You know you’re a real grown-up when you’re so draggin-ass tired you fall asleep on the couch and there’s no one to carry you up to bed. In fact, you not only have to take yourself upstairs, but also two smalls humans, a cat and your heating pad. And the stuff that keeps [...]

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Picasso Is Home

We picked her up Monday night. And we’ve been doing a lot of this. And this. (Please ignore my bedhead. Showering isn’t a priority when you get your should-be-dead cat back.) And it’s doing some good, I think, because she’s now drinking on her own and eating with help. This morning, she rolled on her [...]

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A Picasso Update

Picasso didn’t come home today, so I went to see her. She’s in a critical care hospital, which meant I had to wait more than an hour to see her for about five minutes. But it was worth it. I think she looks pretty good, all things considered. She has a broken [...]

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