by Mir | Apr 21, 2015 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
All I could get Chickadee to tell me she wanted for her birthday was permission to install Snapchat. (Owing to an unfortunate bending of the house rules a few years ago, that particular app was off the table for a while, because I am a Giant Meaniepants.) I let her go...
by Mir | Apr 18, 2015 | Growing, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I don’t know if you knew this, but today is a very special holiday. Just in case we all suddenly fell and hit our heads and forgot, my darling daughter made sure to note it on the family calendar pretty much the moment we flipped over to April. That’s...
by Mir | Apr 17, 2015 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I love to cook, you know. I do. I love food, I love trying new recipes, I love nourishing my family. But—and this may come as a shock, I know—sometimes I am just REALLY TIRED and I think to myself, “Aren’t these people old enough to feed...
by Mir | Apr 15, 2015 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Health is overrated
I went away for the weekend and it was GLORIOUS. Listen, I know I tend to exaggerate for effect, but this is simply the truth: I have not had several days free of responsibilities (read: children) in, um, a really REALLY REALLY LONG TIME, and so with the help of a few...
by Mir | Apr 10, 2015 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It may not make sense to those of you with “normal” kids, but we always have to do a little celebration around here whenever we see “typical teen” behavior, given that whole asynchronous-development thing that tends to leave my special...
