Don’t cry over spilled Cheerios

Posted on April 30, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Or, alternatively: You give a kid a handful of Cheerios, he’ll eat for a day. Give him the box of Cheerios, he’ll destroy the kitchen. A Cheerio in the hand is worth TWO POUNDS on the floor. If you love Cheerios, set them free. Don’t look a Cheerio horse in the mouth … Aw, screw [...]

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WOHM is me

Posted on April 29, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | 15 Comments

It’s been a whole year now since I returned to work from maternity leave. It’s cliché to say, but time really does fly, especially when you’re a working mom. I re-read a few posts from that time, remembering how anxious and nervous I felt about going back to work and putting Rowan in daycare, and [...]

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Friday, I’m in love

Posted on April 23, 2010 | Category: Friday I'm in love | 5 Comments

Sundry shared a list of things she’s bought lately that have made her happy, and I thought I’d follow suit here. You know, to demonstrate how I’m single-handedly stimulating the economy. Or Target’s economy, as it were. Toddler Converse in Oxford Blue On Wednesday, I had a hour to kill in between doctor appointments, so [...]

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State of our union

Posted on April 21, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Sometimes I get so caught up in wanting to write the perfect post — one that’s tied to some sort of theme, a poignant reflection on my current state in life — that I tend to neglect writing anything at all, leaving family and friends wondering what in the heck is going on in our [...]

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Because important things go in a case. You got a skull for your brain, a plastic sleeve for your comb, and a wallet for your money.

Posted on April 14, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | 19 Comments

When I was in junior high, I swore to my mom that I would never, ever carry a purse. I’d continue to stuff that ratty, Velcro surf-brand wallet into the back pocket of my (likely LEI) jeans until the day I died. Purses are for old ladies! And through most of high school, I managed [...]

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Life is wasted on people*

Posted on April 9, 2010 | Category: Cinenigma, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

When I asked what movie we should see this past weekend, what I really meant was, tell me which movie we should see knowing full well I will more than likely dismiss your suggestions altogether and just see the movie I’m 95% sure I want to see in the first place. Heh. Actually, it was [...]

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The Toddling Gourmet: Drinkable yogurt

Posted on April 8, 2010 | Category: The Toddling Gourmet | 8 Comments

Today’s installment of The Toddling Gourmet is not groundbreaking, or even all that gourmet, but it’s one of my most economical and time-saving discoveries to date, and I must share it with you. See, Rowan’s reached the age where he can almost feed himself. He’s mastered the fork, he can mostly use a spoon without [...]

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Baby, boy

Posted on April 3, 2010 | Category: Saturday Snapshot | 4 Comments

I knew cutting his hair would instantly transform Rowan from baby … Last weekend at the beach This weekend at the kids’ barber shop … to boy, but oh em gee, look at him! He’s all growns up, almost a completely different little being altogether. A small part of me was sad to see some [...]

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Choose my own cinemadventure

Posted on April 2, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | 13 Comments

You know how I know I’m a mom? I absolutely cannot wait to see the documentary Babies. In fact, every time I watch the trailer, I can feel my heart swell like a red balloon inside my chest, and I promptly want to scoop my own baby boy into my arms and cover his rosy [...]

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