Big Guy in the Big Apple
We recently took Mikey on his first trip to New York City! His friends must have been talking about NYC, or maybe they even talked about...
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- 7 days ago
- 4 min
Girls Rule, Boys Drool
When Mikey was younger, say, maybe 3-ish, he and his classmates seemed to have no concept of boy versus girl. They all played together...
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
“Momma, can we bake something.” “Mmm, let me just wake up a little first, bud. Then we can bake something.” It’s 6:13 a.m. Saturday and...
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
Nothin’ But Time
One of the many things nobody warned me about parenting is how much time I would spend standing around doing nothing while watching my...
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
American Ninja Warrior, Mom Edition
Over the past few months Mikey has gotten much more engaged in independent play, which has my husband and I feeling two ways: guilty...
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
Houston, We Have a 5-Year-Old!
So, here’s something to add to my Mother of the Year application: I unintentionally handed out tobacco paraphernalia to about 44 5-year...
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
Pearly Whites
Recently, a 15-minute pediatric dentist visit took about 4 years off my life. The dentist… The. Dentist… where teeth go to shine but...
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
Potty Peril
I was sitting in a coffee shop recently when a man came in with what I assume was his son. He was a bigger guy – tall and broad. The boy...
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Germs Are a Kid’s Best Friend
In all our combined 78 years on this earth, my husband and I have never been as continually physically ill as we have been this past four...
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
Children Are a Blessing
We recently attended a baptism for my nephew. The drama began before we even left the house, attempting to get Mikey to wear something...
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
Surviving Christmas
Christmas was wonderful. It was full of family and food and presents, and a spoiled 4 ½-year-old… as it should be. A truly magical time....
- May 14
- 3 min
Thankful
A few weeks ago my husband, Mike, took the 4 ½-year-old with him to run some errands in the Danbury area and they stopped at McDonald’s...
- May 14
- 4 min
Days are Long, But Years go Fast
The days following Daylight Savings are the longest in all of eternity. Better parents ease their children into it. They start four...
- May 14
- 4 min
Heroes in a Half Shell
Mikey was Michelangelo for Halloween. The ninja turtle, not the artist. The fun started a few weeks ago when we were finally brave enough...
- May 14
- 3 min
Sir Isaac Newt-on Gingrich
I’m almost home after picking Mikey up from pre-kindergarten when a call rings over the Bluetooth in the car. “Oh, it’s Dada,” I tell the...
- May 14
- 4 min
Indecent Exposure
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to share this little story with all you readers, but then I decided that if the point of this column is to be...
- May 14
- 4 min
Mischief & Mayhem
I often wish my son could have the same kind of childhood I had. I remember summers spent riding my bike with the neighborhood kids from...
- May 14
- 3 min
The Polite Police
My 4-year-old has better manners than any adult I know, and Lord knows neither my husband nor I taught him them. It’s those dang...
- May 14
- 7 min
Momma Blues
I find it funny they call it the “Baby Blues,” because if I could assign a color to represent the dark thoughts and feelings that...
- May 14
- 3 min
Privacy? What Privacy?
You know the scene in Jurassic Park when the velociraptor learns how to open the door to the kitchen and the kids who are hiding inside...
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