Defining Moments in Parenthood Last night, I had to go up to my four-year old son’s room and kill a spider (I mean, carefully…
My Four-year old is Kicking My…Brain Up until lately, I’ve considered myself an intellectual match for my four-year old, except maybe when I’m especially tired, and…
Parenting is Just Plain Messy Kids are messy. Parenting is one big sticky, gooey, crumbly, sometimes smelly, messy job.
The Wit and Wisdom of Small Boys As much as there are times when I question the sanity of my little boys, and wonder whether boys actually ever…
Eleven Rules of Life for Small Boys Not so long ago, a member of our family may or may not have swallowed a Lego and scared the…
Eleven Steps to Becoming a Perfect Grandparent One is not always entirely lucky with parents – I myself managed to carelessly mislay one of mine in my…
How Different Are Your Kids? I have two different kids. This might not come as a surprise to others, but somehow, it’s managed to sneak…
The Only Book About Parenting You’ll Ever Need (Or: Me and Tina Fey) Still making passive aggressive comments to your spouse because you didn’t get what you wanted for Mother’s Day? Or am…
10 Things You Never Thought You’d Have to Say To Your Children As Mandy pointed out so well in Mommy Top Forty last week, when you have children, you enter a surreal parallel universe,…
How to Name a Canadian My friend Jen has the most scrumptious baby boy – with the most scrumptious baby boy name. He is called…