Kids on the mind…
Dear Summer Camp Owners, Some of my fondest memories were spent with you. But now, you're ruining my life. Day camp was a magical place. As a camper, we played pirates on playgrounds, we learned how to swim in large groups crammed into an unheated pool, we whined and complained through organized sports, we stood …
Continue reading Dear Day Camp Owners: Make Summer Great Again
Who says having children is a reason to turn in your career ambition and sacrifice it for homemade baby food, Music Together classes, and endless breastfeeding talk? One minute we're lamenting how there aren't enough women in executive roles, instructing high potential women on things like gravitas and dressing for the role you want, and …
He's standing on top of a flaming piano, doing a strip tease. And the crowd goes wild. (Donnie on a flaming piano. Nice bod, Bud.) Don't call it a comeback, they've been here for years. Apparently I didn't get the memo that although I'd long since abandoned them, The New Kids On The Block are …
Continue reading The NKOTB Renaissance, Featuring Donnie Wahlberg?!
I'm too young to remember The Summer Of Sam. But that slogan doesn't have positive connotations.... So I find it weird to see people tagging their social media pics with #summerofava or #summerofolivia or #summerofliam or #summerofwhoever. I get it. You're down a kid for the summer thanks to Sleepaway camp, and the younger sibling(s) …
I'm not a baby anymore, but I'm not exactly grown up either, am I? I might be the first born, and maybe I'm supposed to be a role model to my younger siblings, but it's not always easy to live up to your high expectations. You talk to other grown ups about wanting to tame …
Continue reading And now, a message from a nine year old boy….
This is not an emergency, everything is ok, but.... By the third kid, you tend to become a bit desensitized to the various alerts and phone calls from teachers, school nurses, and administrators. Did I forget to send lunch (again)? Does his tummy hurt during gym class (again)? Is he the last kid without a …
Thanks to the other woman in my marriage- First I erased the clutter in my closet. Then I erased the clutter in my diet (but more on that soon). Now I need to do something about the disaster that is my calendar. Between work and personal commitments, not to mention the kids' lives- we're utterly …
Mother's Day is a special day indeed. But my Mother's Day is mine. And I don't really want to share it with anyone else. I mean, I'm glad for the women who are moms, and the women who have moms and stuff, but it kinds ends there. I don't know why I'm seeing social media …
I am spending my spring on the sidelines. I no longer commit to birthday parties or barbecues or frankly anything to do with family or friends. My weekends are fully encompassed by sports. Not professional sports, pee wee sports. Between 2 young boys (I'm talking single-digit aged) we are all-in with baseball (3 teams), soccer …
"You know, it's really rude for you to be checking Instagram while I'm talking to you" chides Scott the Mouth, who, as the name suggests, know everything, as we ride the 23 blocks north to the office in our morning cab share. He's right, and I hate it. It's rare for me to not have …
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