August 30, 2010
- Slap-happy Campers
By Megan
We took the kids camping for the first time last weekend. I'd never really camped before, so it was all new to me, too. (…)
August 16, 2010
- T.G.I.S.
By Megan
Here in the Midwest, people suck the stinkin' marrow out of summer, because winter sucks the marrow out of our souls, except souls don't have marrow, bones do, but for the purposes of my clever opening sentence we're going to just set all that aside and nod our heads in agreement, right? (…)
August 2, 2010
- Journeys, The Pink and The Blue
By Megan
I'll spend this week packing and training and mentally preparing to participate in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure in my adopted home city, Chicago, starting Friday. (…)
July 26, 2010
- Putting Down the Books
By Megan
I cleaned out and organized my desk on Saturday, unearthing, among many other long lost treasures, my dog-eared copy of Paul Weissbluth's Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. (…)
July 12, 2010
- In Which I Look Forward, But Not Too Far
By Megan
Al took Bean to see Toy Story 3 yesterday, so I got to spend the afternoon alone with my little Peabody. (…)
June 28, 2010
- Sunday Night Teaches Me
By Megan
We spent a beautiful afternoon in the shady back yard tonight, soft summery music the soundtrack to our kids' play and their parents' chatter. (…)
June 21, 2010
- Letting Go
By Megan
Parenting-wise, I tend to do things my own way. (…)
June 14, 2010
- Dance of a Mother
By Megan
Bean danced all weekend in her very first dance recital, times two — my first-born, tall and proud young bone and muscle beside me but still so fluffy-tiny against the backdrop of the cavernous high school stage. (…)
June 7, 2010
- Got My Rubber Sandals, Got My Straw Hat
By Megan
Summer's here, and as anyone who lives in the Midwest (or Northeast, or anywhere winters are frigid and unrelenting and LONG) would be, I am 100% for that. (…)
May 24, 2010
- An Other Day
By Megan
There are days, my friends, when all of my reflection and appreciation and joy and love aren't enough to keep me from being frustrated and irritated and DONE with motherhood. (…)
May 17, 2010
- Tooth Fairy
By Megan
So, we have a loose tooth in the household. (…)
May 10, 2010
- The Girl Who Made Me Mama
Right before 6 AM our door squeaked open and I heard her little feet, tiptoetiptoetiptoe, and the rattlerattlerattle of a white paper bag decorated with a yellow handprint daisy. (…)
May 3, 2010
- I Don't Know Who He'll Be, Except Enormously Loved
I have a thing for little boy necks and little boy shoulders. (…)
April 26, 2010
- Needed
By Megan
Originally published at FriedOkra last month.
This morning Peabody came to me, whining, and held his arms up, buried his head in my legs, asking me to pick him up. (…)
April 12, 2010
- Stuff I'm Lovin' - Kid Version, Part I
By Megan
I don't normally get around to doing "Things I Like" lists, even though like most people, I do tend to like stuff. Sometimes a rilly, rilly lot. (…)
March 29, 2010
- Best. Checklist. Ever.
By Megan
The weather forecast for the next week in Chicago gets better every day. By Thursday we'll hit the 70s with plenty of sunshine. (…)
March 22, 2010
- One Spring Forward, Two Left Back
By Megan
So, I abandoned my children. (…)
March 15, 2010
- On-line Babysitter Referral Services: One Mom's Experience
By Megan
For Christmas this past December, I gave Al a series of 6 dates (with me!) that started in January and run through June. (…)
March 8, 2010
- Just Us One
By Megan
I took a little day trip away from my family this weekend. I'd not been away from Peabody for this long since he was about six months old. (…)
March 1, 2010
- His First Model for Intimacy and Love
By Megan
"If a mother is the main caregiver, a boy will see her as his first model for intimacy and love. (…)
