Babble

This week Fable started standing. Without assistance, or holding onto a hand or a railing. All of a sudden, in the middle of my parent's tile floor she stood up on two feet. And then she did it again. And again. And again. Over and over as my family cheered and rooted her on and Archer was like, "look! Wanna see me stand? Wanna see me ...

1. “He needs a haircut.”   “I know.”   “So why don’t you cut his hair?”   “Because he doesn’t want a haircut.”   “But you’re his parent. You’re supposed to make the rules.”   “I do make the rules but he doesn’t want a haircut. What am I going to do, hold him down and cut his ...

Everyone I know is pregnant. It's kind of like how three years ago, everyone I know got married. Within a six week window. And it was like "COME ON! I am SO NOT going to wear this brown floor-length satin halter dress again. Or the "Lavender Mid-length." Or the "Salmon Strapless"   Ugh! Bridesmaid dresses! Ugh! ...

I've been heavy on the Halloween posts these last few days but I couldn't let Halloween come and go without discussing the dos and don'ts of adult Halloween costumes and what to do when your kids are like, "WTF? Who are you and what have you done with my parents YOU CRAZY CRAZIES AHHH!"  Please note that Archer is ...

This might be the most important post you will ever read from me because it has to do with revealing one of the great secrets of the universe - the secret of... dun dun DUNNNNNT - getting out the door to school on time without tantrums and tears.    Let me start by saying this: Archer has been on time to school four times in the two ...

It all started three hours before the wedding began.  Because that's how long it usually takes to get a family of four dressed, packed and out the door to such a function. For us it does.   I dressed myself first which is where the trouble began.    It would seem the $30 vintage dress that I thought was SUCH A BARGAIN ...

Sunday night I came home to one very sick child. And when I say very sick, I mean, scary sick. A kind of sick I had yet to experience with either of my kids ever. Apparently it started Sunday morning but by Sunday evening, Archer was immobile. Refusing to leave the corner of my parent's couch. His eyes were swollen. He was shivering. 104 ...

When Archer was born, I knew he wasn't going to be an only child. I knew this because we didn't want him to be an only child, because if we were going to have one child we were going to have two. That was the rule. Hell! I couldn't even have one dog without feeling like I was depriving him of a playmate. After having my dog, Cooper for ...

Last month I wrote about our exciting next step as a family: buying a house. My excitement was palpable. I felt like an adult! A real live adult! An American dream-er. So incredibly mature and responsible and omg look at us! We're going to be homeowners!   What a difference a month makes.   As it turns out the market is not all ...

 Yesterday Archer came home from school and said a horrifying thing.    Responding to the sound of laughing voices outside he turned to me and said, "don't worry, Mommy, I'm going to shoot the bad guys with my sword!"   My jaw dropped. Up until yesterday he had never mentioned "bad guys" nor had ...