Shortly after Sweetness turned 10 months old I learned of a great co-op preschool program in Seattle offered through the community college. These schools ran out of buildings around town, typically churches, and required a great deal of parent participation, but were relatively inexpensive. Like $50 a month cheap. And were they ever popular. If […]
January 2010
When I headed back to work a couple of months ago after my second and last maternity leave, I was really overwhelmed. I’m talking about coming home beat from work only to get beaten up by two little creatures that changed their minds about what they wanted faster than I could deliver.You’ve never felt fully […]
Nothing right now makes me want to throw my Wii remote at the TV more than those blasted commercials from Microsoft with people touting that they’re a PC and Windows 7 was their idea. I have news for you PCs out there that had this bright idea: keep them to yourself, or at least come […]
In a momentary lapse of reason, I let my mind wonder a bit (what’s left of it after two kids, a job, and 6 hours of sleep a day) and think back to the days when I hand it together. You know, when you knew who you were, where you were going, what you were […]
It’s pouring rain here so hard I just want to curl up with tea and a good book. But I’m a mom of two under 2 1/2 years old so no free time for me. But there are some things to do with my daughter that keep her out of trouble for, oh, at least […]
Ok, so I’ve been working to stay a step ahead of this childproofing thing. It’s been a whille since I’ve had to do much. Basically, I put the little plastic thingies in all the plugs, put up a baby gate to our kitchen, and put little latches on the drawers under the sinks where the […]
As I write my little guy is rolling over from his back to his tummy then doing some tummy crunches in preparation for future crawling (though it looks like he’s humping the floor), my daughter is running around the house naked as she shrieks in delight (though it’s our hope she might feel the urge […]
I hauled out the old camera to start getting the cobwebs out of my photographer brain. This puppy has seen some action. I’ve taken it on several photo shoots around the country, most included air to air shots between helicopters, from landing helicopters on offshore platforms off the coast of California to chasing illegal aliens […]
