Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
August 17, 2018

Losing a Child And Other Fun Things To Do On Vacation

Here’s the deal…..with the series of four babies we had back to back in our house, we have only gone to the beach twice with our kids in the last decade. Honestly, I just did not have the desire or energy for the level of ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
May 23, 2018

Rise of the Cheetah Mom

Fun fact: Cheetahs are reported to run anywhere from 68-75 mph. Why is that relevant? Well when I dressed myself that day for my Pilates class it was more interesting that essential. I had selected a pair of arguably spicy cheetah ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
March 5, 2018

Make-Believe Cate Visits The City of Love

“So did you go to Paris this weekend?” the Blonde’s substitute teacher leaned down and whispered to me. (Oh lord I thought…here we go again) I simply smiled. “Did the Blonde share that little factoid with you today?” I ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
March 1, 2018

The Birds and The Bees

In 1892 Poet Samuel Coleridge penned these words, “All nature seems at work … The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing … and I the while, the sole unbusy thing, not honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.” These ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
December 4, 2017

The Christmas Train That Saved Magic

Nearly a decade ago the father had purchased a Christmas train. He thought surely the Boy would love all things transportation….he did not…and to this day he still has no interest in planes, trains or automobiles. So ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
May 15, 2017

The Muscle Memory Affect

I have always been one of those people that friends, and even strangers at the park, came to for advice. It’s easy to look around at people who seem like they have all the answers, and feel as if they themselves never ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
April 28, 2017

The Great Make Up Inquisition

Its had become apparent over the course of this school year that my little Blonde haired girl was going to give me a run for my money. Ever the quiet and studious one in my mix, she is the least likely to come to me with ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
December 21, 2016

The Introverted Child Extrapolation

She is unlike me in so many ways, but the most beautiful gift I have been given this year is the realization that parenting is not about mirroring yourself, but rather a stretching opportunity to see the world through another ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
June 21, 2016

The Fathers Day Expedition

When my husband and I were dating, he informed me that he wanted to have six children. Being raised essentially as an only child, with two much older half siblings, I feared his notions of the large family dynamic might be a tad…. ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
December 12, 2015

How to Survive a Sharpie Attack

In 2003, Augusten Burroughs’s quasi-memoir Running With Scissors was released. The story was a bestselling account of an ordinary boy’s survival under the most extraordinary familial circumstances. To say that the ... Keep Reading

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June 12, 2015

The Radio Flyer Stockholm Syndrome

On August 23rd, 1973, two machine-gun carrying criminals entered a bank in Stockholm, Sweden. The two bank robbers held four hostages, three women and one man, for the next 131 hours. The hostages were strapped with dynamite, and ... Keep Reading

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May 6, 2015

The Coffee Shop MacGyverization Affect

The term to “MacGyver-ize” was first popularized in a Boy Scout training manual by a contributor named George Shockley; following the popularity of the1980’s television series MacGyver. In the series, Angus ... Keep Reading

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March 25, 2015

The Queen’s Gambit Strategem

In 1956 twenty-six year old Donald Byrne and thirteen year old Bobby Fischer played a chess match that was ultimately referred to as the Game of the Century. At the time, Byrne was one of the leading American chess masters, and ... Keep Reading

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January 26, 2015

The Snow Day Synchronization Mystification

In April of 2011 the British parenting website bounty.com, released an article on the level of harmony in a home having a direct correlation to the gender composition of a family’s offspring. The findings of the harmony ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
December 29, 2014

The Toddler Bed Tipping Point Transition

The term tipping point, a physics term used to describe equilibrium displacement, was first popularized as a sociological concept in the 1960’s by a political science professor named Morton Grodzins. The professor altered ... Keep Reading

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