Dear Santa

I am writing to tell you that you may need to skip our house this year. Pitter’s regular naughtiness is reaching new heights.
Please note:
He uses Words We Do Not Want To Hear and refuses to follow directions to leave the room and go say them somewhere else to say them (if he must), claiming that [...]

Introducing the Pageant Mother and Her Brat

Spiderman and his sidekick
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We went to a Fall Festival this weekend, where I temporarily lost my mind and entered Patter in a 2-and-younger costume contest. Earlier in the afternoon everyone–and I mean everyone–we walked past commented on how SO CUTE SO ADORABLE OH LOOK AT THAT LITTLE SPIDER he was. It got to my head, [...]

Empty House

I pull into the garage after half an hour of  driving. Patter is fast asleep in his car seat. In the rearview mirror I see Pitter’s stubborn stare. He falls asleep about half  the time these days.
And it’s not his fault that there is a snake of frustration, exhaustion, and unhappiness coiled in my chest. It’s not [...]