The Mommy Rant

N put a bandaid above his lip the other night and declared, "I Big, Big, Jim!" The he ripped it off and asked, "Where'd ...

Dear HP OfficeJet 4680 All In One, You suck! I hate you! You are the worst printer I've ever owned! Ever! You are the worst printer I...

Thank goodness for all the bad 70s music that makes morning chores fun. song: Lay A Little Lovin On Me • artist: Robin McNamara

S and N had well-baby check ups yesterday and when I mentioned to the doctor that S's dime had not, to the best of my knowledge, turned ...

Yes, I bought them snow shovels for their birthday. No, it doesn't mean I want it to keep snowing. song: Enough is Enough • artist: D...

What is it about writing about animals that makes us go on for so long? I could ask someone to write about remodeling their entire kitchen ...

It must be a little disconcerting to turn three. To have a rudimentary understanding of birthdays as a day when people clap, sing, and blow ...

scene: a radio plays in the background of a busy kitchen. Children eat breakfast. son: What's a Big Silly Contest? mother: It's a...

Ahhhhhhh! S ate a dime! song: Brother Can You Spare A Dime? • artist: E.Y. Yip and Jay Gorney

crows on the trash can vivisect a bag of chips waiting for summer

So they were playing the "I Have A Dream" speech on NPR this afternoon and I was in the kitchen crying and the oil repair man knoc...

N continues to out pee S. Yesterday we had to hoof it over to the library from the Mullen Hall playground when he announced, "I do pee ...

The Tao of my Twins: Lesson #5 If I manage to score two cute, matching winter hats at the thrift shop my twins will refuse to wear them. ...

Here's the different between going into the city alone verses going in with your kids: When you're alone and that guy comes around p...

It's potty time! Here's what happens when you potty-train twins. Both twins sit on separate potties. One accomplishes his "mi...

I hate it when they preemptively cancel school before a single snowflake has hit the sidewalk. Then again, I hate making lunches and then f...

The experts say that when you want to talk with a child you should get down on one knee so that you and they will be at eye level. The prob...

You never know how long a Henry and Mudge book is until your five year old wants to read one to you. song: The Longest Time • artist: Bill...

Because C insisted we not take the tree down until today, it's been practically indecent, clad in nothing but its lights, for the past f...

Tomorrow I will get organized. Tomorrow I will be the kind of parent who encourages creative play in my children. Tomorrow I will master t...