A few years ago Elle got what she had been begging and begging for for Christmas: a new camera. She was delighted. And instead of going around taking pictures of her Christmas gifts or of her family, she promptly went about taking pictures of everything on our walls. A wrought iron piece of decor, each…
Two years ago I held this tiny little newborn in my arms and had no idea what was in store for me. For my kids. For our family. For our neighbor’s ears. I had no idea the effect she would have on us, or on our hearts. She has turned them all to mush. She…
We are here and man oh man I don’t know quite how to capture this whole experience. I just don’t really have the words to describe it. We only have a minute before we’re heading out again but I’m just gonna post some stuff I started to write the other day… (8-22-08) We’re off to…
My favorite motherhood quote reads like this: “Everything in all the books I once pored over is finished for me now. Penelope Leach. T. Berry Brazelton. Dr. Spock. The ones on sibling rivalry and sleeping through the night and early-childhood education, all grown obsolete. Along with ‘Goodnight Moon’ and ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ they…
We live with a monster.She screams pretty much all day long.She’s a bully.She hits kids who are older than she is who are trying to help her.She throws things you try to give her to soothe her.She swats food off her high chair tray with an angry blow.She has four chins.She’s short and chubby.And her…
Sometimes I miss Dave. Sure, we live in the same house, sleep in the same bed, sit at the same table for dinner, raise the same kids. But sometimes, when things get really crazy, it’s like we’re strangers passing each other in the hallway with ringing headaches from screaming kids. A typical day of distractions…
Boy howdy, what a cruise we had! How do I sum it up in a little blog post? My parents, sisters and I were as thick as thieves huddled together talk, talk, talking for five days straight. We covered everything from how to get Claire to stop wetting her bed to global philanthropy and everything…
So Dave is home safe and sound and all is suddenly right in the world again (aside from a chorus of stuffy noses and sneezes going on around here all day). We are laden down with some great Chinese knock-offs he brought home for us and he’s even almost over his jet lag already. Despite…