You know, I am aware that in this blog I am often, shall we say, determinedly unsentimental when it comes to Moments in Parenting. To be honest, I’m a touch determinedly unsentimental in person, too. I’ve never been one of those “Look at my kid! Isn’t she so adorable!” mothers, even though I may think…
Lately, Aura has been making references to our “family of four.” This was all adorable and good until she turned to me a couple of days ago and added, “And then we will be a family of five! And six! And seven!” Blanching with something akin to, oh, I don’t know, extreme dread, I chuckled…
It’s been a string of fun days over here, let me tell you. Poor Aura came down with a hellish cold about 10 days ago and by this past weekend she was clutching her ear and sobbing right about, oh, say, three-point-five minutes after the doctor’s office shut down on Saturday evening. Apparently, begging and…
Gee, how this blog has suffered as of late. There’s actually a pretty decent reason for the suffering, and I’ll explain in a couple of posts from now, which leaves you all with a lot of breathe to bate, I know. The way I’m leaving you hanging, it’s not all that different from when I…
It’s been well over a year since I signed up Aura for her first dance class. And almost a year since I blogged about my recital qualms, and then the ensuing recital hijinks. (Ah, hijinks. Entirely maladroit here, yet there is not nearly enough usage of hijinks these days. That and décolletage. Oh, and bamboozle….
(I hold these truths to be self-evident. Also, extremely expensive.) 1. Approach, rather lackadaisically, the toy catalogs that have recently arrived by the armload. Let the bright purple circling marker dangle loosely from your fingers, as to give the impression that Eh, You May Have Better Things to Do and Are Possibly Above This By…
The other day, during swim class (the last one for a while, thank all that is fully holy, semi-holy, and even just a little holy), I noticed that Aura was giving her teacher a bit of a hard time about going under water. After it had gone on for a few minutes, I stood up,…
Since Aura started reading illustrated books on her own a while ago, Adam and I decided to start reading her chapter books at bedtime. It’s been an…enlightening experience. I have much to say on the subject, but for now, allow me to cast a modern parenting eye on four classics from my childhood. The Chocolate…
Aura had her five-year physical this week. I’m not sure why I always get a touch anxious when it’s time for one of these things. It doesn’t help that the entire experience always starts with a stint in the waiting room during which Aura cagily eyes all available toy options and then beelines for the…
Forgive me holiday enthusiasts everywhere for saying this, but: Well, thank GOD that’s over. I’m not sure when Halloween became the Holiday Second Only to Christmas, but honestly, it seemed a bit out of control this year. If it wasn’t the Main Street trick-or-treat, it was the dance class where you had to dress in…