Monthly Archives: February 2007

~ long, indulgent post ahead ~ I know I am courting disaster in saying this but really life with Noah right now is a golden age.  The toddler battles are coming and break out now and then, but for the … Continue reading →

On Friday I’m hosting the post-Valentine’s Day playgroup extravaganza. So far about 12 people have RSVP’d for a total of 19 kids.  I would panic, except that experience teaches that lots of  kids develop flu/cold/teething/no-sleep and end up cancelling at the last moment.  … Continue reading →

To the stroller war people: I can see why a bookstore might ask people to park their strollers and I have no issue with their policy. We often use the Ergo anyway, not that any stores here are banning strollers. … Continue reading →

This week just got better and better. Sort of. Thursday I came down to get Noah at the end of V’s time and he was snuggled up against her exploring her braids.  I’m still expecting tomorrow to be hell (my … Continue reading →

On the surface the days have been pretty good lately. Noah still hasn’t adjusted to V., which is hard and means the work time is not really high quality, since it has on and off crying in the background and … Continue reading →

To be clear: I am not slamming anyone in this post!  Saying that I have found advantages to things is not to say that people that don’t experience those are not being good parents or anything idiotic like that. I … Continue reading →

Yesterday when I was leaving the Ikea parking lot, the emissions light on my Volvo station wagon lit up. (That has to be one of the world’s yuppiest sentences!! Do I get some kind of prize?  I must add here … Continue reading →