Did everyone see this link over at Dooce last week? Hai chi mama, is it addictive — if you’re an addicted to computer games kind of person, that is. Which I’m not, really. Except for a few notable exceptions: most recently (as in, like, 6 years ago) Blix. Before that, Snood. And of course before that, in the good ole 1990s, Tetris. So now, perhaps, Crazy Ladybugs? Just what this foundering blog needs — something else to keep me from you.
Saying goodnight to the girls last night, I offered my usual, “Goodnight girls. I love you. I hope you sleep like angels” sort of salutation. Lucy responded with what must have been the fondest thing she could wish for on my behalf: “Good night Mama. I hope it’s your birthday when you wake up tomorrow.”
Come into my tummy, oh so very yummy. (Click here to watch at YouTube.) Also, this and this. And also, this. Apologies for my grand writing absence of late. Work is winning. Happy Memorial Day everyone!
Back when I posted my long lost favorite Sesame Street video, my awesome cousin Adam told me about this movie, Moonbird. It won an Academy Award in 1959 and is just so stirringly great. One of the things I loved about that Sesame Street video was the way the girl talked, and this is a movie built on a foundation of kids talking like real kids. John and Faith Hubley (audio) taped their young sons talking and then created the animation around their conversation. I love the way it rambles with kid logic, and I love the interaction between the…
I meant to post this one a few months ago but other videos kept jumping in line. And as it turns out, the timing is good: Welcome to FMV – The Mother’s Day edition! Yesterday I was driving my 9-yr-old Subaru Outback which, I’m proud to share, we just flipped to 100,000 miles. Back when we moved from NYC to NC, the Outback was my first ever new car, and this is my first ever time flipping an odometer. Needless to say, the car is nicely broken in. Kinda like my old LL Bean Bluchers whose sole was held on…
Does everyone remember that awesome gig I had guest blogging over at Design Mom a few months ago? Well, it’s time for you to trip on over there again, but this time there might be something in it for you. Design Mom is hosting a Giveaway-a-Day this week and it’s not too late to get in on the first two. Just leave a comment by midnight tonight and you’ll have a chance to win some rad mom goods. No cute onesies. No manly-man gadgets. No wooden toys. Just cool stuff to make you feel like a hot chick in a…
My mom once met a woman who had 12 yr old twin boys. She told my mom that when her sons got into making mischief it was so much more mischievous because it was two brains working together to come up with things to do. And two brains could cook up far crazier schemes than one brain alone. At the time, Zoe and Lucy were only around 2, and while the terribly twos were keeping us busy, it was all still within the realm of baby brains and, therefore, handleable (for the most part). This woman’s story seemed almost charming…
The coolest baby shower I’ve ever been invited to is happening right this very minute and you’re invited too. It’s for Liz and Tammie and Christina, and there are games and prizes and cute pictures of babies, so go have fun. I hear citymama is even bringing booze, so you can get your champagne on too. Happy happy. My long-winded advice is rooted in the logistics of handling two kids where previously there was only one (or, in my case, none). When Zoe and Lucy were born, my parents moved in with us. It was incredible and loving and helpful…
Zoe and Lucy’s scissors disappeared recently, and despite many thorough cleanings of most areas in our house where they might be, we can’t find them. So I want to get them those scissors right there. Cute cute cute. Plus, ambidextrous! ‘Cause Lucy’s a lefty. Counter-intuitive though it may sound, I need to get two of the same. Otherwise, the girls will impose some arbitrary hierarchy and will end up fighting over one pair while the others sit unused, laughing at me for once again falling prey to my desire to have some variation in our lives. I love the ones…
Oh holy cow. This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in so very very long. Comments, left on eBay, for real. Thanks Sweetney!
