Monthly Archives: August 2012

I Am Always Wrong. Obviously

Isabella, age 7: Emily’s camp is closer to our house than MY camp. Me: Um, nope, your camp is closer. Isabella: No. You’re wrong, Mama. You’re just wrong. Like always.  Me: Baby girl, your camp is at the community center. You know, where the splash pad is? The one that…

To Bellezilla on her Seventh Birthday

This is what ten days overdue in the middle of August looks like. Notice there’s no face on this giant body because what you would see is the WTF face. You will also notice that there are no fingers visible because you know what that middle one would be doing? (Wait…how…

Tanner and I are Basically Twins

Emily is back from camp. Her bags are unpacked, her feet are clean—finally. She is already missing camp. My life is essentially like that episode of Full House when DJ and Stephanie come home from Camp Lakota with inside jokes and stories and weird songs and they only wanted to…