Last week I was having one of my regular skype calls with the grandparents, and as usual the kids were completely ignoring the screen. Addy made the mistake of drifting into my peripheral vision and I interrupted my conversation to yell at her, “Come here and talk to your grandparents or I am going to […]
THE TODDLER BED
Dear genius who invented the “convertible crib to toddler bed” concept: You are a giant ass. Seriously. I am sure that you thought that the sun shined out of your ass when you came up with this idea. “Why charge parents $100 for a crib when we could charge them $500 for a crib with […]
WE ARE MOVING
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I really like to move. I get super excited about new adventure and am ready to go as soon as the announcement is made. Unfortunately, in Nomad Papa’s line of work, move announcements are usually followed by 9+ months of waiting. It is just like being […]
LET’S GO TO A PARTY
It’s Friday and that means it is party time. I’d like to go out to a real party, but I am sitting in 10 year old sweatpants and my pajama top (yes, it is 3pm here. No one likes to be judged) and I am pretty sure I would have to put on nicer clothes. […]
MY KID LISTENED AND I REGRET IT
(Side note here – sorry for the long quiet period. Our move to the UK is just three weeks away and I have been completely overwhelmed with job hunting and move management. Hopefully I am now on top of things and can get back to my normal writing schedule. Thanks for sticking with me!) I […]
THE MILESTONES THAT REALLY MATTER
Yesterday evening I was driving my almost four year old home from dance class. For perhaps the second time ever, she had given me permission to play “mommy music” in the car. We were rolling along rocking out to the radio when a pop culture phenomenon came on the radio. One minute into the song […]
GIVE MAMA MONEY
Hello blog readers (all six of you)! I want to introduce you to my friend Cordelia. I met her in a facebook group for multicultural bloggers and it was like meeting my soulmate. Seriously, love at first type! When I decided to invite others to come and share their stories with you, I knew that […]
DON’T LOSE 10 POUNDS
Thanks to the Dutch doctor’s complete unwillingness to give me antibiotics, I recently lost 13lbs with a stomach infection. I now find myself down to a svelte weight I haven’t seen since 2001. You would think that I’d have my butt permanently parked in front of the mirror so I could admire my practically nonexistent […]