Category: parenting sure is fun

Don’t Rain on Her Parade

Meet two of my favorite Cheerios—Quinn Fabray and Santana Lopez. Or, if you will, my 11-year-old daughter Emily and her friend Molly. I’m an incredibly proud mama bear this morning. Mostly because this was the first play (in a long line of plays like The Wizard of Oz and Grease…

This Calls For a Brand-New WTF Face.

The name of my children’s school flashes across the call display. My heart immediately skips a beat. Who is hurt? Who needs me? What happened? I try to put on a brave face and my best Mama Bear voice. Only what squeaks out it a much more timid and terrified…

Emergency Cereal.

Sometimes I do ridiculous things. Like that time I became obsessed with navy and white striped shirts and had to buy 34 of them. Like that time I went to Wal-Mart in my red snowman pajamas. Like that time I went on a hot date with Nacho Libre. Like that…