The Big Shop is a long, drawn-out process that entails buying items up and down every aisle of the grocery store because you are down to one can of garbanzos and some frozen rhubarb at home. The Big Shop with a five-year old involves time, patience, a positive attitude and a baggie full of snacks.
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Reading Lessons
Posted in Maternal Lessons, tagged life, Parenting on March 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Eat, Pray, Whine
Posted in Marital Bliss, Maternal Lessons, tagged life, marriage, Parenting on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My husband and I just returned from a couple’s mini-version of Eat, Pray, Love. We had cashed in on a couple of gift certificates we received this Christmas, and took a much-needed reprieve from parenthood and the hell that has been this winter. We rested well knowing Little Man was spending the weekend with our [...]
Taking Candy From Babies
Posted in Feeding our Children, Maternal Lessons, tagged childhood obesity, children, family, nutrition, sugar on February 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The woman at the drive-thru bank window smiles and winks when she pushes back my deposit receipt accompanied by a Dum Dum sucker. I thank her, sigh heavily and toss it into the passenger seat, bracing myself for the round of justifications from Quinn as to why he SHOULD have that sucker at 8:30 a.m.
Oh come on, you think, poor kid, just [...]
Hips Don’t Lie
Posted in Maternal Lessons on February 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My son was nervous about his kindergarten screening, so I quizzed him on a few pertinent questions. What town do you live in? What is your mom’s name? How many times did you pick your nose behind my back today?
I knew he’d do just fine, he’s a smart cookie. I knew the screener wasn’t going [...]
sweet dreams
Posted in Maternal Lessons, tagged children, Parenting, sleep on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The nightlight glows under his junior loft. He is tucked in between Seal and Happy Lion, snuggling deep into the purple sleeping bag….
“I love you more than anything in the world….” I whisper tenderly.
“Mom?” (bolts straight up)
“Yeah…?”
” Do you think I could spin my head completely around?”
“Umm..no…”
“But robots can.”
“Yes, but you’re not a robot…”
“Oh…yeah, right” (lays back [...]
I’m Sorry, We Don’t Do High-Fives
Posted in Cultural Commentary, Maternal Lessons, tagged high fives, San Diego on July 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Due to a series of twists and turns in my early twenties, I found myself residing in sunny San Diego. For five years, I regularly watched the sunset over the Pacific, kept the windows of my pumpin’ ‘85 Nissan Sentra rolled down in the middle of winter, and fell deeply, wholeheartedly in love with sushi. But [...]
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