Random Nonsense

When we went to the Montgomery County Fair in Texas a couple of months ago, Son #2 wanted to win a giant stuffed banana with dreadlocks. Ca...

I would so love to go to CMAC tonight to see the Brandi Carlile, Secret Sisters, Ray LaMontagne show. Yet I would feel more strongly about i...

My mother-in-law was ill yesterday and cancelled our dinner plans so I went to Rocco again with my girlfriends. We ate dinner at the bar an...

Easter Sunday. Egg hunt. Estes model rockets. Glow sticks. Popsicle makers. Chocolate bunnies. Jelly beans. Candy. Cake. Ice cream. One si...

What I learned over the weekend: When little boys say they're "okay," they're not You should never take sick boys snowb...

I spend a few hours each Saturday watching Son #2 play baseball which I love. He's a fabulous pitcher and, on most days, a darned good h...

Son #2 has a neighborhood friend who he hangs with a lot. Cute kid. His parents are both prominent professionals in the community. Yet last ...

What idiotic mom takes her eight year old son to a Green Day concert? (You really don't have to answer that.) But thanks to the Citi car...

I'm wondering what's the best way to respond when one's oldest son says, "I heard an inappropriate joke from Tommy today; y...

The boys and I were listening to Pink Martini last night as we drove around to buy new sneakers. (Side note: Pink Martini played with the R...

Celebrated Son #1's ninth birthday yesterday which he entitled "BBE" for best birthday ever! Legos (exactly what he wanted), g...

The parenting manual should have come with directions on how to plan a birthday party for a nine year old boy. Simple wish: to see Battle fo...

Much of Saturday was spent in an ongoing cycle of "he said that I have the worst memory," "he called me stupid," "h...

Son #1 picked up the phone a minute ago. Son #1: "Oh hi Mama. We're just watching Phineas and Ferb ." Me: "Cool. What...

better to blow kisses to someone or receive kisses that someone else has blown to you? There are a lot of kisses flying through the air when...

I've never kept a scrapbook or baby book for my kids. We just have heaps of pictures on the computer and in drawers or boxes throughout ...