NaPoBloMo? (And Covid vaccines for kids)
I have been flirting with the idea of participating in NaPoBloMo. I was going to wait a week to actually say that out loud (you know what I mean), but already I...
Category: Parenting & Family
When improvement has little to do with you
I recently re-read Brené Browm’s The Gifts of Imperfection. I came across her Sisters Strong Summer podcast episodes and decided to buy the 10th anniversa...
DIY Overnight Camp
My daughter was supposed to attend her very first overnight camp last summer – one week at a Girl Scout facility about two hours from here. She was nervou...
6th graders riding buses
My daughter will be in 6th grade next year, at a middle school less than two miles from our house. Its new start time is 9:30am (yes, this is crazy, crazy late)...
Sticker Shock
My son is starting at a new school in the fall, and we’ve been interested in their YMCA aftercare program. The registration is this coming week, so I fina...
Together
I know I previously said I wasn’t going to mention some of our summer plans, but you know what? F*ck it. If people want to judge me, and tell me how horri...
My Marriage: The Pandemic Addition
So people (at least a few!) enjoy it when I talk about my marriage. I haven’t talked about it as much lately because things are (surprisingly!) pretty goo...
Auntie Me
Tomorrow I get to meet my nephew for the first time. He is my only nephew, and will be my only nephew. My sister will not have kids, and my sister-in-law doesn&...
Diversity does not make kids “color blind”
We were at the pool one day in St. Louis, when my son said something to me I was sure I’d never hear him say. My daughter was also at the pool that day, w...
Epic
The farm trip this year was so, so, SO fun. We all had an amazing time. Every day we were walking the creek or swimming in the pool or jumping into the quarry f...