Parenting is hard. Answering a non-stop barrage of questions is hard. And draining. And sometime I just want the questions to stop. And sometimes, I just want her to be quiet. And sometimes, we keep talking anyway. And sometimes, it turns into stuff I REALLY want to remember. Like this:…
Category: Everyday Mayhem
Everyday Mayhem 
Breaching Security
I saw the first sign about six weeks ago, on my street. ‘Suzy’ lives several houses down and I knew she was a varsity cheerleader at the local high school. (Even though we’ve never met … in fact, I’ve never even seen her.) Now I knew she was about to…
Everyday Mayhem 
The One Invitation She Won’t Accept
Mayhem was so excited to meet a new friend in the neighborhood last week. Finally … a girl her age! We found out her family lives just around the block from us and we exchanged contact information with her parents. Mayhem has been itching to have a play date and…
Everyday Mayhem 
8 Questions with Zac (Posen).
From the minute Mayhem found out that she’d get to meet Zac Posen, she began planning. And what was supposed to be a simple meet and greet turned into Mayhem’s first “real” interview. In which she was the interviewER, that is. She spent several days crafting her perfect questions and…
Everyday Mayhem 
Adventure Is Out There. So Are Dead Chipmunks.
When we talked about moving and the things that were important to us, having a yard was among the top priorities. And beyond the discussions of the yard, we chatted and dreamed about the kind of playset or clubhouse we’d build. Lots of google searches and lots and lots of…
Everyday Mayhem 
Stay Weird McKenza
It finally happened. Yesterday, Mayhem relayed a conversation she had with one of the neighbor boys: Neighbor: Hey – I accidentally kicked my soccer ball onto your side porch yesterday and I had to go up there to get it. Mayhem: Yeah… Neighbor: And when I picked up the ball,…