Category: The Boy

We’ve Come a Long Way, Superman

I always thought I’d be the mother of girls. I always pictured myself raising a gaggle of sisters like the March family. I am a girl, I know how to be a girl, I know the good parts about being a girl and I understand the bad parts. I have…

They Are Basically Paula Abdul And That Cat. Or Something.

In the car, singing along to whatever song is playing on Radio Disney. Josh to Emily: You are being so Hermione Granger right now. The funny thing is, he meant it as an insult.  The funnier thing is, she took it as a compliment.  And that right there is the…

Thrown To The Baseball Wolves

I have somewhat of a reputation for throwing my kids into unfamiliar territory. After-school activities, camps, sports. We don’t subscribe to the “as long as they know one other kid going” method for choosing environments for our younglings. I’m not even really sure why we do this,  since I would…