Dear Son,

We just got quite the treat you and I, now didn't we? I got to do your bedtime tonight. I am usually stuck with that sister of yours. Just kidding (about the stuck part, that is. You know she and I love our nightly snuggle session). Oh but tonight, how delicious it was. Your room was dark and I held ...

Say that you remember…

It's so late. Well, for me it is. Just as I type this very word the clock has hit midnight. The second day of September now. The night before the first day of school. And I did not get much rest last night, but sleep is eluding me. And I got to thinking--this blog is ...

I think you just have to see it to believe it.

Remember this old post about how I've eased up on my parental paranoia with my#secondchild?Well, clearly he's taken it to a whole new level. I was just sorting some clothing in his room, back turned for not two minutes when...Apparently licking the toilet seat was not sufficient.This means one thing.My child is clearly an overachiever.

My Shop is Closed

(via Ramshackle Glam's Pinterest Page) ser·en·dip·i·ty ˌserənˈdipitē noun noun: serendipity; plural noun: serendipities the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. *** Yesterday, I read a post that brought me to tears. My girl Jordan over at Ramshackleglam wrote the most beautiful piece entitled, "Not So Brave", about the impending (like, this week) birth of her ...

It’s a little bit sweet.

Two kids home on a Monday morning. #sickday Two different viruses, one additional overlapping one. It's awesome. Two stops to two fast food restaurants at 10am for throat soothing ice cream. McDonalds ice cream machine was broken. A Frosty remedied the situation. A lot of this. Leading to a little jealousy, So a little of this ...

#secondchild

When my daughter was a baby, I used to buy these little plastic table covers. If we were ever to eat out at a restaurant, I would first sanitize the high chair and then I would lay out two or three of these sticky plastic placemats on the table, so that her reaching radius was ...

Measure in Love.

Musical Theatre has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember; I started acting out the Wizard of Oz word for word from age 2; I was acting in school plays by age 6; I went to drama camp as a pre-teen and then became a drama counselor, then improv teacher than show ...