Brave: A Giveaway & Some Musings
Long before we became parents, we were Pixar fans. Part of that has always been because of N.C.’s art background–Pixar movies are gorgeous feats of animation innovation–but mostly, they’re just movies...
View ArticleThe Parenting Cliff
I had one of those parenting moments today, the kind that make you feel like a rotten, no-good, awful parent who should just go ahead and start a therapy fund for their kid now. The worst part is, I...
View ArticleThe Roller Coaster
Oh buddy, Things have been rough lately. I get the feeling we’re headed for the 3.5 horror show that so many have warned me of, and if recent events are any indication, it’s going to be a roller...
View ArticleOn Not Enjoying Them When They’re Little
We’ve been going through a somewhat challenging time with the kiddo the last few weeks. He’s been defiant and screamy and just generally not a pleasant human to be around. His teachers have noticed it,...
View ArticleChecking On Him
I used to check on J at night, watching for him to take his next breath. He has never been a noisy sleeper–even as an infant he was silent, his breath a whisper I had to strain to hear. Sometimes, I...
View ArticleIt Was a Very Busy Day
My kid, like many, is a creature of habit. We have routines, and specified orders of doing things, and certain routes we take, and heaven help us all if you deviate from those set patterns. In lots of...
View ArticleBecoming and Being a Mom
When I had Jackson, I became a mother. He MADE me a mother. I have grown as his mom, and will continue to grow as his mom, and I am so, so thankful that I get the chance to mother him, and learn from...
View ArticleLife With Them
Tonight, we went out to dinner to celebrate N.C.’s very successful Purge show–months of work that has a good amount of sales is always worth celebrating. When we walked into the restaurant, they had a...
View ArticleThis Whole Time Thing
Today at lunch, for some reason I’m still not entirely sure of, I decided to do some research into Kindergarten. N.C. and I have been talking about how that’s creeping up on us, and I figured it might...
View ArticleOne and Done…?
For the most part, I don’t get baby fever. I don’t ache to hold a newborn, I don’t think wistfully of new first smiles and milestones. I don’t dream of another. My general reaction when someone...
View ArticleOverthinking Pre-K
Today was Jackson’s first day of pre-K, and whoa is it weird to me that we’re already here. He’s started asking about what words in his books (or on a sign, or in a restaurant, or..anywhere) say. He...
View ArticleI Used to Feel Bad
It was the kind of weekend where I was glad to disappear into my cubicle this morning. I wasn’t feeling well this weekend, I was grouchy, it was hot, the kid was being 3.5, the house was a disaster (of...
View ArticleCrying Out At Night
Last night, after staying up to finish watching an interesting documentary about Richard Pryor, I was just climbing into bed in my darkened bedroom when I heard wails from the other room. Jackson had...
View ArticleFour Years In A Blink, In a Lifetime
Sometimes it’s hard for me to believe that Jackson has only been in our lives for four years. I know there WAS a time before him, and I remember it, but it almost doesn’t feel real. It might as well...
View ArticleA 50/50 Toss Up
When he was a baby, everything FELT huge and scary and oh-my-god-what-if-i-screw-this-up-and-do-something-wrong. In the throes of hormones and babyhood, the task of keeping an infant alive had moments...
View ArticleHands
The other day, I was watching Jackson do something, stacking something with lots of different sized and shaped pieces. Anyway, I was watching him do things with his hands, and I noticed he was using...
View ArticleThe Snow Globe
Today was a rough parenting day. I didn’t get a lot of sleep, Jackson is still getting up early (stupid time change, you can just bite me), N.C. was gone for art biz stuff, and Jackson…well, Jackson...
View ArticleAre You KIDDING Me?
I was on solo parenting duty this weekend while N.C. was up in LA for a convention. It was…well, it was 3 straight days with my 4 year old, so it had its moments. Friday wasn’t a great parenting day,...
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