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…
Yesterday, a girl from Aura’s class and her mom came over after school for lunch and some playing. When it was time to leave, the other mother turned to me and said, “This was great. We’ll have to do it again.” “WE CERTAINLY WILL!” I replied heartily, giving her an affectionate nudge that made her…
Last fall, Aura started ballet lessons. Well, lessons might be too strong a term. More like a half-hour class where three and four-year-olds listen vaguely to instructions, then kind of wander around the studio, admiring their leotards in the wall mirrors and humming tunelessly to themselves. Everyone comes alive when the trampolines appear, but by…
Hello, dear readers! You may remember how I mentioned, quite a while ago, that this blog is apparently a ragingly popular landing spot for individuals searching for mom porn. (In the interest of full disclosure, it’s also a search result for people hot on the trail of mom pron, but I refuse to waste my…
This year, Aura is obsessed with Halloween. We have paper ghosts taped to the sliding-glass doors, witch posters on the front door, a glowing but benevolent-looking jack-o-lantern in the window. For a month now she has desperately wanted to go to a haunted house, taken as she suddenly is by the idea of monsters. We’ve…
One day many moons ago, when I was probably around 11 or 12, my truly beloved grandmother decided to impart some wisdom. “When you are married, you should always make sure you look nice when your husband comes home,” she told me, tidying up the kitchen, which was always spotless and the scene of innumerable…
Last Christmas, Adam gave me a Kindle. I was completely surprised, since I hadn’t asked for or really ever thought much about an e-book reader. I’d always been a library kind of gal, only actually exchanging money for a book on extreme occasions. “Wow!” I said, looking down at the Kindle. “Wow, wow!” I continued,…
You know, I had really hoped current pop music would improve after my earlier post on the subject. As luck would have it, industry gurus do not read my blog. However, people searching for “why does Rachel Ray’s voice sound bad” and “waistband of underpants showing” evidently do, so there is that. But! I have…
A month or so ago, Aura and I were rattling around the latest sale at Kohl’s. Painfully aware that my delicate underthings had lately been looking more threadbare than delicate, I directed Aura to follow me to the lingerie department, where I was determined I would find at least a couple of new bras. As I’ve mentioned before, Aura is…
Aura and I went to the Museum of Science today, nipping into the dinosaur room about an hour into our visit. After one minute of standing and staring at a giant Triceratops skeleton, I found that I just couldn’t lie to myself any longer. “I’m seriously starting to doubt this dinosaur thing,” I whispered conspiratorially to Aura. And I really am. I’m sure…