When we told people that we were celebrating E’s 4th birthday in Durham, North Carolina, rather than having a party, they looked at us a bit strangely. No one quite believed us when we said E. had one wish for her birthday — to go to the Blue Devil’s house. But that’s all she wanted….
Archives for February 2012
Keeping Up With the Mommies
I have a confession to make: school events tend to make me competitive. On Valentine’s Day, E.’s school is having a Fancy Nancy party for the 3s and pre-K classes. Last week, the room mom (who, by the way, took over my room mom duties because I apparently wasn’t on top of things enough. Actually,…
My Baby is 4
Cue the waterworks. How is it possible that we’ve already gone from this: To this: We’re in North Carolina today. The Star Wars pancakes are being made as I type by her beloved aunt and uncle, so there’s no time to wax poetic on my feelings on this day. It’s probably a good thing —…
Where Did My Daughter Go?
At first, I kept blaming our busy schedule. We had the holidays, which included lots of traveling, houseguests and sugar. Then, it was simply us trying to get back into our routine. But now? Well, I’m out of excuses and starting to face an ugly truth — our daughter is turning into a brat. OK,…
Getting Ready For Guests
My husband and I have a long-standing tradition — we wait until we know we have houseguests coming and then we scramble to finally do all those pesky honey-dos. I swear, if no one ever visited us, our house would still look like it did when we moved in eight years ago. In other words,…