Halloween parties started last weekend, but we just got our pumpkins yesterday at Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark. Brady chose them, Kyle art directed, and Stewart carved. I hid in the "study" until the mess was cleaned up. And I took pictures. … [Read more...]
Real Science
Observation: Kyle had intense night terrors every night for a week. What's different? He's been playing Super Mario Brothers Galaxy during every spare moment, if allowed. He gets very frustrated when he can't beat a level, to the point of tears and screaming. Theory: … [Read more...]
This Dream Is Totally Copyrighted
Beware, those who enter. This is the kind of movie that plays in my head while I sleep during the few hours of sleep that I've been getting each night this week because of kids peeing in my bed kids having nightmares my back hurting kids getting sick I would blame … [Read more...]
Flashback to Becoming a Working Mom
I was digging around through more archives while researching an article I'm working on. And hoo boy, I found a piece that is slightly less mortifying than reading through my old journals. I wrote "Nuts on the Side: Where To Work?" for The Mommy Times just after I went back to … [Read more...]
The Part-time Working Mom Report, Vol. 1
This is week 2 of the New Deal in the Prince household. It still feels temporary, like vacation, because there hasn't yet been a full week of school. I took two days off before 9/1 to just hang out with Kyle. We went to the observatory and the park and Supercuts. We loafed … [Read more...]