I’ll admit it. I suck at playing with my kids.

I mean, I’m pretty good at taking them places where they *can* play, like the park, or an indoor something, and I think I’m giving them ample opportunities for physical activity–basketball, ballet, Tae Kwon Do, etc. And since it’s fall, aka, the ultimate season of quixotic lawn chores, we’ve had some fun with leaves, because there is pretty much an endless supply of fun with leaf piles, rakes, and leaf blowers.

It’s when my kids get creative that I fall a little short of happy fun mom. (more…)

I’ve talked about how I have nightmares often. They usually stem from some version of THE MAN in my home or in my room. And they almost always involve a lot of screaming on my part.

My husband is a patient man. (more…)

Because He knew that when I am sleep deprived, I get all rampagey. (more…)

…then I feel bad that you have to deal with so much traffic. Seriously. It’s bad.

However, also…

The Old Globe Theater in San Diego is doing a contest called “Santa For A Day”. Winners get a free 4 pack of tickets to the show, and then assist the Grinch in the tree lighting ceremony. It’s pretty cool. Basically your kid just has to draw a picture. Your kid can DRAW, right? Even if they can’t, it’s probably better. Cuter, you know. (in actuality, I have no idea how they pick the winner).

Info can be found here.

http://www.theoldglobe.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=10363

(I would link in the post,on the word here, like a normal blogger, but every since I got a new computer, this old version of Wordpress is unhappy with me and does not give me the options it used to.)

You only have until 11/14, so get to it!

Pretend there’s a picture of the Grinch here. I have one. See above about old Wordpress not liking new computer.

And feel free to post about it on your California blog, to get the word out. You know, if you want more competition.

Something happens when your last child goes to Kindergarten. Something sad and scary. Something hormonal and crazy. Something deep.

And when you are experiencing that deep whatever, know this. During this time, you should never, ever, walk into a petstore where they have puppies for sale. (more…)

Behold and bask in the awesomeness that is this photo.

If you don’t recognize what this is about, you are officially too young to be reading this blog.