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There are a lot of things about motherhood that you can’t prepare for. Sleepless nights, the way the baby smell can melt you, dealing with other people’s bodily functions day in and day out for years on end. But the …

DOLITTLE: I was just outside thinking of all kinds of ideas, and then one just SWOOSHED into my brain. I think that it’s going to be the right one, because it just SWOOSHED in there.  ME: What was it? DOLITTLE: …

The kids’ 5-year-old cousin, Landon, was here today. The girls had spent the night with friends, so BoyWonder was without his normal playmates. It was hilarious to see how he responded to Landon with unbridled, masculine joy. I don’t know …

Poetry is one of the things that’s sort of fallen by the wayside in my Busy Mom Life. But today this poem popped into my head. It’s one of my favorites of all time, and I still have it memorized …

I’m sitting outside the performing arts center waiting for The Muse’s “Acting for Film and Television” class to finish. It’s her first one, and I wonder how it’s going. It’s funny how much like me she can be. I try …

– The Muse gives BoyWonder a bath and gets him totally ready for bed without any help. She helps Dolittle with her bath, too. While I actually rather enjoy BW’s bathtime, it’s very freeing to have The Muse volunteer to …

Yesterday we went hiking at the arboretum for the first time. We’ve in the area for the past year and a half, and only just got a membership last month. I’d been to the children’s area a few times, which …