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Archive by Month "June"

25
Jun, 2014
Summertime and the living is BLOODY EXHAUSTING

Here are a few things I have learned in the three days of summer vacation we have had thus far: 1. If you let your…

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24
Jun, 2014
The Mad Summer Dash (or Why I Hate the Apple Store)

This is the week in between school and EVERYTHING ELSE. It’s technically summer — school has ended, June 21st has been and gone, and here…

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23
Jun, 2014
How It's Done (Summerlution Update)

You may be wondering how I am going to achieve Summerlution Number One (getting my kids to clear their breakfast plates). Easy. For this, I…

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19
Jun, 2014
Summerlution Number One

It’s the last day of school and my first summer resolution is born: To teach them ALL to clear the table and load the dishwasher.…

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12
Jun, 2014
End of year exhaustion is not just anecdotal…

Can you see this? This is the gate I use almost daily after I drop Sid off at school. It’s up a little hill on…

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10
Jun, 2014
Gifted.

I received a gift box from Amazon today. This was the note: And this was inside the box: Should I be upset that he snuck…

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9
Jun, 2014
Tony.

Here’s what I am not going to write about: How my kids behaved like complete ungrateful, insensitive animals on much of my birthday. I am…

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