Every summer, we go to the Target Family Theatre Fest at the Orlando Repertory Theatre, but we’d never been to a show during the Rep’s season. E. really wanted to go see “Pinkalicious: The Musical” last month, but between birthdays, trips to Duke and everything in between, we just couldn’t make it there. I promised…
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Room: A Review
This month, our book club read “Room: A Novel” by Emma Donaghue. Here’s the book description from Amazon: To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . . It’s where he was born, it’s where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe,…
15 Awesome Things About My Kid
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…
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…