The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
Let's talk about share day (or show and tell day) at school. I swear, nothing makes me sweat bullets on a Wednesday night like trying to come up with something appropriate for my son's Share Day, which is on Thursdays every week. It would be View Post
The other day I caught E.B. singing along to this commerical in his sweet, little boy voice. It melted my heart. Yes...a McDonald's commercial melted my heart. Go figure! Anyway, the tune is quite catchy. Spaceman Stu Liked To Gaze Up At View Post
Every year he’s getting a little bigger. This is one of our “traditional” first day of school pictures. It started as just an “outtake” of the first day of school shots, but I did it the next year, too…and now this year. I’m happy to report View Post
It’s a rainy Saturday morning here. I woke up and the house was very dark and quiet, save for the faint rumbles of thunder. I never can seem to sleep late on a Saturday morning, but was surprised when the alarm clock proved me wrong by View Post
I think it is safe to assume that E.B. is not impressed with the new kitten and is also, therefore, not completely smitten with this little ball of fur. Nope. Not one bit. At all. View Post
For the past few months, E.B. has interpreted anyone correcting him or denying him something as purposely "hurting his feelings". If I tell him it's time for bed, I've "hurt his feelings". If I tell him no, he cannot go play outside when the heat View Post
If they said "run home", he headed for the dugout. He kicked more dirt in the outfield than he caught balls, and when he did get the ball, he held onto it until the batter on the other team scored a home run. He balked at going to practice, View Post
The other night E.B. and I stopped to pay a visit to my aunt and uncle. When we were about to leave, my aunt handed me this and said that E.B. had sat it down when he came in and she didn't want him to be upset if he left it:It's beautiful, right? View Post
There is nothing like gorgeous spring weather to bring out the pure boy in E.B. These are shots from yesterday's play session in the backyard.It was an amazing 77 degrees, the sun was bright, and it is so great to finally see signs of spring. View Post
It's tough being a small child in our small town. Besides the city parks and organized sports, there aren't a whole lot of options for entertainment. We certainly don't have the huge indoor play gyms and inflatable bouncy places. We don't even have View Post
Whenever my son picks something just for me out of the treasure chest at school for his good behavior, my heart just does a total flip flop, for two reasons. The first reason is that, "*sniff* Mah Baby loves me so much he picked something for ME View Post
