If you are like me, gentle MoB readers, this time of year holds a special place in your hearts and minds. May has arrived in all its glory. It is a time of fresh beginnings… warmer temperatures … and an unforgiving array of consecutive school field trips, endless recitals and mandatory year-end celebrations. In other [...]
Late last night after putting the final touches on this morning’s post, the news came through that Osama bin Laden had been killed, effectively making my commentary about how over scheduled families find themselves in May a tad irrelevant. So here I sit this morning, rewriting. The words are flying off my keyboard though, as [...]
The first sign of potential trouble came in the form of my mother’s voice on the phone. On the eve of our departure for OBX she asked me if I had checked the weather for our drive. I knew it was supposed to rain up here in Philly but was unaware of the band of [...]
In the spirit of actually taking a vacation, we are taking this week off at MoB, returning next Monday, April 25 when we will undoubtedly have a few stories to tell. (Spoiler alert: One of us arrived at our destination under tornado warnings and chose not to run for cover. Consequently we woke up the [...]
Tomorrow we are embarking upon the type of vacation I have only known from afar. It will be a trip where the memories will last a lifetime and we will return again year after year, telling anyone who will listen just how wonderful it truly is. I have a feeling we are about to enter [...]
Little League season started in earnest last week and to my surprise I am once again sitting on the sidelines with my folding chair and alcoholic beverage of choice. Despite my best efforts to discourage Chase from moving from the minor to the major leagues, he is fully embedded with a team of 11 and [...]
The following post is dedicated to the makers of children’s menus everywhere. I know I speak for both Jennifer and myself when I say “we miss you.” If parents had a dime for every double edge sword we encountered as we guided our children through the gauntlet of adolescence, we might have enough money to [...]
Last week as I sat in the doctor’s office waiting for Chase to be seen, my own throat burning just as much as his, I chatted with the nurse at the front desk about our potential diagnoses. I guessed out loud that we both had strep throat to which she replied: Probably. Its running rampant. [...]
Yesterday afternoon I was in the kitchen patiently stirring a bubbling cauldron of what would become part of Sunday dinner when Noah’s sense of urgency suddenly appeared beside me. I think children wait until you’re fully committed to the “stir constantly” part of the recipe before they NEED you. Stir. Stir. Stir. MOM!!! Stir. Stir. [...]
It wasn’t that long ago that you had your very first haircut and suddenly you were transformed from a baby whose soft loose strands flowed unbridled over your forehead to a little boy with blunt bangs that framed your sweet face. With a few snips of a stranger’s shears, you irrevocably aged and for the [...]
