I really need to swap out the party hat for the work hat and get something done today, but first, I have to tell you about what just happened. A colleague sent me the link to a piece in the Washington Post about a new memoir called “Bad Mother,” by a woman named Ayelet Waldman. […]
I need a Chocolate Dance Party in my kitchen. Time to get going on Sophie’s birthday music mix. This morning, Annabelle rode her bike to school for the first time. She and Ray rode; Sophie and I drove. At first Sophie was bummed, then she got excited. (Ray has told her that when she’s 7, […]
Okay, now I feel worse. I was emailing with one of Sophie’s service providers today (not one I’ve written about already on this blog) and mentioned the whole Dr. Death thing, hoping she’d tell me I’m being silly, that this psychologist is just fine — or, at least, that she’d never heard of her. Oh […]
I feel dirty. I sat here for a while this afternoon and contemplated writing about the Elmo show we took Sophie to this weekend, or the craft documentary Annabelle and I saw, but I couldn’t get going on either. My “to do” list was tugging at me. I often write “to do” at the top […]
Ms. X has a reputation among parents as a real hard-ass. I attribute this in large part to the fact that so many parents can’t manage to get their kids to school on time. I am often late to a lot of things in life, but one non-negotiable is school. Sure, we’ve had the occasional […]
This morning I was cleaning out the girls’ school folders, part of my daily, desperate attempt to get organized — or at least find the surface of the dining room table. I love those folders. You never know what you’ll find. Confetti, sometimes, or a note about the swine flu, but this morning, a small […]
It’s official. We’re in the home stretch. “Do you know what today is?” I asked Sophie, when she showed up in my bed this morning. “Today is May.” “MY BIRFDAY!!!!!!!!!” “Well, today is not your birthday, but it is now May, your birthday month.” Big smiles all around. Plans are already underway for the birthday […]
This morning, as with many mornings since we ushered in era of the Big Girl Bed, I had some time to lounge in bed and think. I had to stay perfectly still. Sophie comes to our room at dawn (literally) and while Ray can roll noisily out of bed and start his day, for some reason […]
Okay, I have to say that it’s been one day, and I don’t yet understand Twitter. After much agonizing, I finally signed up and “followed” several people from my yahoo address book, and — well, not much happened. I have hundreds of friends on Facebook (not that I actually HAVE hundeds of friends, I haven’t even […]
Some days, with both my girls, it feels like I’m watching Polaroid film develop before my eyes. (I’ve used this analogy before with downtown Phoenix, but I think it applies even better here, so I’ll recycle. Hey, I’m green!) It’s amazing to see bits and pieces come into focus. Annabelle’s image is clearer, I’ll admit […]
