Lessons in Motherhood

It’s back to school day here in Atlanta. Here’s Hailey getting ready to go to pre-K and the Romulan to her new classroom.

When I asked Hailey about her first day of school she said, “It was awesome.” What a pre-k thing to say.

Even though this isn’t the most flattering picture of my backside since my ass looks like it’s roughly the size of China, it makes an important point which is – SOPHIA IS A BARNACLE!
Yes. You heard me right…BARNACLE. I can’t shake her. She learned the word “up” and now she exercises her [...]

Grandma put this skirt on Sophia today. I argued adamantly that this was Hailey’s skirt. Hailey has been wearing it all summer long. I probably have pictures of her in this skirt. Turns out, it’s a 12M size. Oops.

PS: This is precisely why little children should not wear white shirts!

This story is about Sophia, but I have to start with Josie, our border collie. Josie is the smartest little doggie I know. She’s especially good at understanding me when I say things like “Do you want to go to the park?” “Do you want to go for a walk?” “Do [...]

because you can just tell that she’s trouble.

We decided to start Hailey in private swim lessons this summer because we know she can swim, but she’s too afraid to try it. We started yesterday, and she has four lessons this week. After the first lesson, she was already dunking under water and practicing swimming on the steps Now, she’s swimming [...]

Sophia’s language skills are coming along. She kind of understands some words and can say: bubbles, Mama, Dada, ball, up, and uh oh. Of course, uh oh remains her favorite. I don’t think she really understands the meaning of “uh oh” since she often throws something on the floor and then says [...]

Sophia has her first severe battle with diaper rash. It’s a miracle that she’s survived this long without one, but her time has come.
Pop Quiz: What’s the best remedy for diaper rash? Think back three years. I gave you this answer when Hailey had diaper rash. Yup…the best [...]

Sophia has to be the most talkative one-year-old I know. Ok. She doesn’t actually talk, but she does communicate. She has her own special language called the point and nod. I bet you can guess how it works, but humor me my little Mommy anecdote:
Sophia sees a table or [...]

I was talking to someone at work Friday about Sophia being one, and she said to me “that’s a very active age.” I didn’t know how to politely tell her that she had just made the understatement of the CENTURY! It’s not an “active age”…it’s a crazy looney-bins insane age. It’s a [...]