(The lovey trio of job stress + boundary-pushing toddler + sinus infection has left me sleep-deprived and unable to cogently gather my thoughts into anything worth reading, so I thought I would instead share one of my favorite comics of all time. It sums me up pretty perfectly.)
When I was a child, my favorite thing to do was write stories. My mother still has (somewhere?) the first story I ever wrote. “Watch the Flower Grow” is a tale of a small seed that — you guessed it! — grows into a beautiful flower. Free play time from ages 5 through 10 was…
Continue Reading »Five years ago, on the night before you were born, I lay awake in bed wondering. Who were you? What would you look like? What would your personality be? I was so anxious and excited to meet you. And then, at 5:55 pm the next day, you arrived. A happy, healthy and mellow baby with…
Continue Reading »It’s that time of year again… G’s birthday is coming up! As my little man plans to mark his fifth year, I have a party to organize. And, of course, pay for. He wanted gymnastics, so I called the nearest place. The cost? $270. On top of that, I will need to buy food, cake,…
Continue Reading »I am completely obsessed with genetics. I find the manner in which dominant and recessive genes combine to form a phenotype (i.e. the trait that displays) positively fascinating. I write about predicting babies’ features a lot on this blog because: 1) I think it’s so damn interesting and 2) You can actually predict what your…
Continue Reading »I just read an article from yesterday’s NYT entitled, “Toddlers’ Favorite Toy: The iPhone.” The author basically states that the iPhone is to toddlers today as the evil television was to my generation. In a word, bad. As I read the article, my 4 year old was climbing on top of me, sticking my iPhone…
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Ha! That is hilarious.
LOL! Good one. Feel better.
Btw, I’ve been “dropping” on you and lurking, but this is my first comment. I enjoy your blog immensely!
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Very funny!! Get better soon.
The exact same scenario exists at my house. LOL!
Love that – printing it out for my bulletin board in my office!
My husband looks in when I’m on the Internet too long and says: “All work and no play makes you a dull girl”.
this happened to me last night!
That’s comic is a riot!
lol hahaah