Tag Archives: Mom

Blizzard of 2013

Posted on 2013/02/11 by

By Gavin. I went sledding.  I had fun.  I went really fast!  Me and… Me and my mom.  My mom pulled the sled. ******************************************************************************** Nice of my boy to do my blog for me!  I would have photo/videographed it myself … Continue reading →

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CJ’s Ma-Ma-Ma

Posted on 2012/08/27 by

Finally, this morning, after 13 months and 100,000 “Da da da da da’s” ClaraJane woke up saying, “Lololololol” sprinkled with a few “Ma ma ma ma ma’s.”   I was like, “THAT’S RIGHT!  THAT’S ME!!  Yep, I’m your Mamamamama.  How ya … Continue reading →

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Moving Life in Purgatory

Posted on 2012/08/25 by

So, we are MOVING. Just across town. ‘Course, that still means just as much packing & prepping, shedding & compressing one’s material life as any other move.  Coincidentally, MOM is ALSO moving.  Back to Cambridge happily.  Yet that means also … Continue reading →

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Rocket Guys

Posted on 2012/02/19 by

After earning a whole jar full of marbles for good deeds, Gavin finally got to launch his Daddy’s model rocket.  It was a Sunday in February, although it felt like Spring, Summer and Fall all at the same time.  Enjoy … Continue reading →

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The King and Princess

Posted on 2011/12/31 by

In the evening before leaving for a New Year’s Eve party, my boy came in while I was nursing his baby sister and said: G: Mom, let’s play where you be the Princess and I be the King, okay? M: … Continue reading →

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Are You Kidding Lady?

Posted on 2011/12/05 by

“Are you KIDDING LADY?!”  The guy yells at me as his baggy pants graze the 12″ wheel of my 3-year-old son’s bicycle.  The bike, and my son, are perched atop my baby’s stroller which also holds our bags, and my … Continue reading →

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Gavin’s 1st Day of PreSchool!

Posted on 2011/11/07 by

[4 mins, 9 secs]  

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Baby, Interrupted

Posted on 2011/10/27 by

[41 secs]  

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Home-Office Counter Culture

Posted on 2011/09/29 by

9/29/2011 Boy:  Mom, where are you going Mom? Me:  To do some work honey.  On the computer.  In a coffeeshop.  Where there are no three year-olds to yell at me. Boy:  (sweetly) But Mom, I could just walk into your … Continue reading →

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Tractable

Posted on 2011/09/23 by

So, strangely, I am the primary breadwinner right now. Honored as I am by this position, given that I am a self-employed circus freak with two kids under 4 at home and a husband in college… sometimes it seems just… … Continue reading →

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