I’m oddly sad right now. I have been reading a book called Three-Eight Charlie. The author is Jerrie Mock, who was the first woman to fly solo around the globe. Her writing isn’t great. But it is authentic. She never tries to be flowery, and her prose is serviceable and matter-of-fact. She’s a pilot, not…
I’d like to hear your advice and success stories for getting toddlers to stop slapping people and pets into next week.
I love a good montage – Stan’s ski training montage in South Park, for example, cracked me up. So when Anneka started to Frankenstein her way around her world, I saw some possibilities. She seems to have impeccable coming timing, so some of her flops, falls and hand-waving antics seem to sync up nicely with…
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A parent who called her kid out for being shy annoyed me – and here’s what I think about the situation.
Find out what happens when a creative couple wants to go beyond the obvious cutesy Halloween costumes for their 10-month-old daughter.
I’m used to compliments about Anneka – she’s so chill, she’s so cute, she’s so curious, she’s so easygoing. These are all nice enough sentiments. I’ll nod, smile and say thanks. But an elderly woman’s words at the airport today stunned me into silence. I was at the baggage claim with Anneka in her Ironman…
Well, it happened – it was inevitable: Anneka did a faceplant on the tile floor and gave herself a bloody nose. This of course made Sarah and I feel like heels … but it’s really part of growing up. Even understanding that, we both still felt terrible. Well, until 10 minutes later when the bleeding…
We’re packing for Germany! Just the thought of gathering our thoughts about what to stuff into our backpacks amps the energy in the house up – noticeably and positively. We’re thinking about alpine coasters, Schwäbisch Hall, Belgian beers, seeing my family, dropping in on old friends and all that smile-inducing stuff that is the reward…
Sarah and I were just at a 3-year-old girl’s birthday party. To say that it was “princess themed” would be an understatement. It was more an indoctrination that every girl should aspire to be a princess, to swath herself in pink and to wear a tiara. Good god. This is the part of being a…
