Sometimes I feel like I have it all together. The kids are growing and aren’t killing each other, I have very high standards I know, my writing is going fairly well, I’m managing to get to just about everything I’ve committed to and I can still walk around rather than wade through the stuff on [...]
I asked them what they did outside and they said, ‘Nothing,’ but they looked guilty as sin. Nail polish all over their hands but neither of them opened it. I asked them what happened and they both looked down and didn’t say anything. Even Squirm who commentates everything and doesn’t even stop talking to sleep [...]
I had dinner with girlfriends last week. Such a simple act but the greatest treat. I got to sit down and eat a meal uninterrupted and it was hot and didn’t need re-heating in the microwave! This excited me so much that I had to share with my girlfriends just how much of a pleasure [...]
The Little One has turned into a bit of a copy cat. If we could be selective about what he copied that would be great. We would choose toilet training from Wrigglebot and independent play from Squirm but alas whatever he copies seems to involve danger. He has been walking for about two months now [...]
When Husband and I first had Wrigglebot we spoke wistfully about The Era of Laughter. In today’s standards I was young (24) when I had Wrigglebot, though not as young (16) as people thought, and not many of our friends were having kids. They were focussing on career or travel and we were enjoying sleepless [...]