My son is a Capircorn.  An earth sign.  He is, by no means, a water baby and eyes water suspiciously most of the time.  I keep hoping he’ll change his tune but so far I’ve been thwarted at nearly every turn.  There are signs of hope this summer: he enjoyed water play at school last [...]

As I write this, I just got home from one of the most awesome events of my (short) blogging life.  It was the Silicon Valley Moms Groups Brand/Blogger event for DC Metro Moms and some Philly Moms. There were about 15 major brands present, all of them wanting input from mom bloggers on how to [...]

One of my favorite things about motherhood is that my sister is also a mother.  Our boys are only 5 months apart so we’ve always had each other as a built-in support system during times of crisis.  Like when N was only a couple weeks old and my sister couldn’t sleep at all and I [...]

Daycare field trips are always kind of a mixed blessing.  On the one hand, there’s something delicious about taking a day off to go play with my kid and his friends at some fun activity.  On the other hand, it means taking a bunch of toddlers to some activity that they may or may not [...]

If you are ever looking for a fundraising event idea, think about a truck touch.  I don’t know how to organize one, I imagine it involves lots of phone calls to people who have access to large trucks, but they are AWESOME. The basic idea is this: you get a lots of trucks in a [...]

This weekend, we were hitting the kids music scene and rockin’ out! Saturday morning, I made a solo trip to Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA to check out the Science You Can Sing To Swamp Stomp Boogie event presented by the Curiosity Zone. The Curiosity Zone, according to a lovely woman named Leslie who works [...]

Click here to enter the Modern Bird Studios custom art giveaway! *** I have been to Mommyland.  And I will never be the same. As you might recall, the ever-so-fabulous Kate and Lydia of Rants from Mommyland invited me to participate in their t-box taste test n Friday night, which set me all a-flutter.  I [...]

I apologize in advance for having no photos for this post.  I was busy participating and opted not to take pictures. Let me tell you something about C.  He. Loves. Sports.  LOVES them.  Has since he first laid eye on a ball.  We didn’t tell him that football is the coolest thing ever (though we [...]

This weekend wasn’t particularly adventurous.  There was a lot of running to and fro but within the ordinary there were some highs and lows. Being the generous soul that I am, I am going to share some highlights and lowlights from my weekend with you now. High: C. slept until 7:45 Saturday morning.  He never [...]

Because it is against the law for any modern parent to avoid Easter activities unless you have a legitimate religious exemption, like Judaism, we piled into the car and headed to Bunnyland at Butler’s Orchard in Gaithersburg, MD on Saturday. I don’t remember Easter being a big deal when I was a kid.  There were [...]