If you’ve been with us for any length of time, you know very well that awards shows have been an integral part of our past four years. Watching the red carpet while simultaneously scrolling Twitter, to pick favorite dresses, became an excuse for Mayhem to stay up past her bedtime. And…
Category: Parenting
Parenting 
Growing Pains
It’s official, she’s a giant. She’s outgrown her entire wardrobe and now I don’t know what to do. I bought these bathing suits for her five months ago and now she can’t put them on without them giving her an extreme wedgie. Side note: this is why the two piece suits are…
Parenting 
Bad Choices and Free Lunches
Today I bought another kid’s lunch. Other from my own, that is. And it’s not because the kid was in need or just because I was feeling super generous. I did it because my kid screwed up. She made a bad choice, today. Mayhem was attending a sports camp this week,…
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…
Parenting 
Lessons From The Court – Game 1
0-14. That’s what the scoreboard read at the end of game one. They shook hands and “good gamed” the other team, then filed off the court to the corner with their coaches. Their smiles were visible from the other side of the court as we parents made our way from the…