Can you believe the summer is almost over? As most of you know, I took a leave of absence of sorts this summer as I try to figure out the future Keeping Mommy Sane goes from here. I’m still gnawing on things a bit, and have some stuff I want to work out, so I […]
A Love Letter to LEGO
Note: This post was originally published in October 2012. Dear LEGO: I am writing this on behalf of my son, who is truly your biggest fan. Seriously. He really is. It’s funny, he was never really into Duplos and was only mildly interested in the larger Lego blocks (aside from the time when he was […]
Forget Being a Supermom: These Are The 10 Superpowers I Wish I Had
Note: This post was originally published in November 2013. Did you know the phrase “supermom” actually has a definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary? su·per·mom noun \ˈsü-pər-ˌmäm\ : a woman who raises a child and takes care of a home while also having a full-time job Really? While I guess the description above technically describes my life, […]
Why We Love Story Land
Note: This post was originally published on August 8, 2013. Like most kids who grew up in New England, my family and I went to Story Land in Glen, N.H. It’s like a childhood rite of passage in our area. My little sister and I rode on tea cups and got our photo taken with […]
A Letter to my Daughter on Her 5th Birthday
Dear Mimi, Today you are five years old. Five. One whole hand, you like to say. In the blink of an eye, you have gone from a sweet, good-natured baby to a cuddly and precocious toddler to an inquisitive and headstrong preschooler to an increasingly adventurous — and independent — almost-kindergartner about to lose her […]
Heartbroken
I can’t believe I’m writing this post. I mean, I knew this is something I’d have to write about someday. But “someday”…well, that’s a pretty obscure concept, isn’t it? Someday isn’t a real day. Someday isn’t actually today. Or yesterday. Or a few days ago. Because instead of someday, we said a sudden and heartbreaking […]
Kindergarten Registration
Somehow, in the blink of an eye, my Mimi is registered for kindergarten. I won’t lie: part of me is jumping up and down with joy over the idea of NO MORE DAY CARE PAYMENTS. Seriously. Sorry for the all caps, but trust me, they’re sooooo necessary here. We’ve been writing those nausea-inducing checks for […]