For the last two weeks everybody in my house save The Husband has been on antibiotics. We have had a tooth pulled… “Mommy? I can’t feel myself anymore…” And after a four hour round trip drive to see a pediatrician Sadie was diagnosed with “a little pneumonia” which says a lot about her disposition and general meanness as of late. As you may or may not know, I was sick with Not Scarlet Fever and I’m still recovering. Sadie and I have been spending entirely too much time together and we are beginning (ahem) to get on each other’s nerves. [Read more...]

I’ve been going through some old columns working on the second book and this one made me laugh out loud. Sometimes that whole Mommy Memory Thing really works in my favor… Aubrey, my 5-year-old has gotten into a fun new phase. It all started this summer when I unknowingly bought popsicles with jokes on the sticks. I had to explain every punch line, and the jokes weren’t really funny to start with, but a standup comedienne was born. I attempted to introduce Aubrey to knock-knock jokes, thinking they would be easier for her to understand. But it only led to [Read more...]