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…

How To Ruin The Holidays, Fast
We had big plans for the couple of weeks leading up to Christmas and the New Year festivities. Keith and I had a discussion early in December about how we wanted this year to be special for Mayhem. Closing in on eight-years-old, we weren’t sure how much ‘magic belief’ she…

The Best Worst Swimsuit
There it is. Smack dab in the middle of my best nine from 2017. Ridiculously stylish, no? I still look at the photographs of her wearing it, and can’t help but think it’s the cutest thing going. Mayhem sure thought so too, which is why she grabbed my sunglasses, struck…

Snow Day in G-A
Come to Georgia, they said. It doesn’t snow here, they said. All lies. Thankfully. Among the things Mayhem was most disappointed about in our move to Georgia, was the idea that it wasn’t going to snow. Truth be told, I was on the fence about it. On the one hand,…

Homeschooling IRL – Phonics Is So Damn Dumb
She was on page two of her phonics work today, when it happened. Her loathe for phonics has nothing with her ability to do the work, she’s just decided she hates it. “This is so damn dumb!” she muttered under her breath. I shot her the the ‘mom’ look and…

Michael Jordan, Carrie Underwood, Serena Williams and Steph Curry, Soup
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:…