December 4th, 2016
Ava, my 3 year old, has an unpleasant new habit that she calls the “Nature Pee.” You might think that Nature Peeing is when you pee in the woods. (Except there are no woods in Scottsdale.) But according to Ava’sRead More…
December 4th, 2016
This weekend, while I was driving Sophie, Ava, and their friend back from an outing, I participated in the following conversation: The Friend: (to Sophie) Charlie and Abe said you’re stupid and hairy. Sophie: What?!
December 4th, 2016
I do. Because it happened yesterday. I had a morning of phone meetings; then I went to an in-person meeting; then I got in my car and had another phone meeting while I drove home. Then, when I got home,Read More…
December 4th, 2016
We recently adopted a 4-year-old golden retriever named Sam. The nutshell version of the story is that Sam showed up with his family jewels still intact. In the process of taking care of it, the vet discovered that Sam had,Read More…
December 4th, 2016
My mother-in-law visited this weekend from St. Louis. I actually really like her, so settle down if you were gearing up for a MIL tale of savagery. No, in fact, this is a tale of child-wrought zaniness…the kind only aRead More…
December 4th, 2016
Remember how much it sucked to do homework? Well, I’m a mom with a first grader who has homework almost every night and let me assure you, it still sucks. For me, helping with homework is just as bad asRead More…
