The inspiration for this post is threefold: 1) One of my favorite bloggers, The Feminist Breeder, wrote a post last week called 15 Fun Facts About My Kids and encouraged others to do the same. I love reading what other kids close to E’s age are up to, so I knew I wanted to do…
Archives for February 2012
One Last Birthday Blowout
Poor DadJovi. By the time we get to his birthday, coming on the heels of mine and E.’s, our whole family is usually birthdayed out (well, except for E., of course, who is already busy planning her 5th birthday. Only 50 weeks to go!). Although our trip to Duke was basically his birthday extravaganza, too,…
The Sleep Gamble
There’s one game we always seem to lose at — the sleep gamble. Here’s how it works. We have an exhausting day and make a poor decision. Let’s use Monday as an example. E. spent Sunday night at my grandparents’ house since her school was closed Monday for Presidents Day. E., who looks for any…
The VIP Treatment at Gaylord Palms
In recent months, Klout has taken some hits. It’s become the fun thing to make fun of on Twitter lately, with seemingly random topics assigned to people (i.e. I’m apparently influential on marathons just because my husband has run two and I’ve never run further than 6 miles. Go figure) and rapidly rising and dropping…
Daddy Issues
Let me start off by saying that E. adores her father. She really does. There’s nothing she likes better than Father-Daughter night (any time I have book club, girls’ night out, etc. These are the nights where her infatuation with “Star Wars” was born). And as I’ve documented, I think DadJovi could be the greatest…