1 Mother 2 Another

I’m back, but I’m not back, if you know what I mean. I just had about the best five days of my life, eating my way through every single ethn...

Maddie and Cora went to an ice-skating birthday party on Sunday. This was stressful to me on a couple fronts: first, there was the obvious w...

I feel it’s only fair to take a moment and give you my point of view on the whole Check-Up Time Elmo thing, since Maddie’s entry (see previo...

A good friend of mine came over last night to hang out, and at one point she chased Cora up the stairs. When she came back down she was laug...

Sorry about the absence – been dealing with a head cold and doing the bare minimum for the past few days. But I have to let you know what ha...

Our daughter’s found a new love – herself.   We’ve played games with the mirror since she was around three months old, and she’s always enjo...

I’ve finally had a chance to look at the results from my most recent poll – What was baby’s first word? And it’s good to know I’m not the on...

As part of a massive campaign to get Maddie excited about – heck, just willing to go to – school, I sent her over to her friend Elise’s hous...

When I was a kid (OK, teenager) one of my little pleasures in life was locking my dad out of the car.  We’d just gotten one of the fancy new...

When I first became pregnant with Maddie, I had women coming out of the woodwork with advice. What to eat, what not to eat, where to shop, w...