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Too Much Sleep?

Eleven hours of sleep. Holy cow.

I decided to take a long four-day weekend (like many of you) over the Easter holiday and return to the blog writing business refreshed and energized. The problem with holiday weekends, though, is that they’re exhausting. And I never think they’re going to be. I always think that just because this weekend is a day or so longer than most I’ll be able to catch up on all kinds of tasks and errands and trek back and forth across the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) visiting and still wind up feeling reinvigorated.

So when I lay down beside my extremely high-strung and caffeinated three-year old last night, (who’s idea was it to promise Easter chocolate as an after dinner treat?), my plan had been to help him settle down and then put on a pot of coffee and write a thoughtful treatise on the role of religion in the family in this new millennium.

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Native Narcissism

DAILY SNACK

He grabs at the camera, giddy and giggly with anticipation.

And there he is on the little screen,

Lying on the bed beside his sister, laughing and babbling baby talk right back at her.

He grips the camera tight and laughs so hard.

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Missed A Spot

easter-eggs

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Rocking Rhymes

DAILY SNACK

“There ain’t no flies on me!

There ain’t no flies on me!

There may be flies on some of you guys,

But there ain’t no flies on me!”

With special thanks to Grandma Donna.

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Easter Means …

Easter means,

Winter’s last snow, more times than not, and coughs and colds and sniffles.

New running shoes and spring jackets and rolling up my sleeves for a good spring clean.
Fish and chips on Good Friday.
Lots and lots of chocolate.

Bunnies. Spring chicks and ducklings, too, but mostly bunnies.

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Seasons

DAILY SNACK

As winter spits out its last icy remnants,

And the deck is coated with a fine dusting of barely there snow,

A boy presses his nose against the screen door.

Can we make snow angels, Mom?

How about snow men?

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Wall Hangings

DAILY SNACK

Gone are the days when I alone held the interior decor reigns.

Say good-bye to the rotating showings of today’s best paintings.

There were cries of protests and eyes brimful of tears when I taped up a new painting in place of an old.

So down came the new and back up went the old.

And we shall forever be stuck at two and three quarters.

 

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Sick Leave

Okay, I’ll admit it. I kind of like it when my kids are sick. Well, when the three-year-old is sick, anyway. (Nobody likes a sick baby.) I’m not talking about anything serious or drawn out and I’m certainly not talking about anything that involves the loss of bodily fluids. But a low-grade fever? And maybe a scratchy throat? C’mon, it’s not so bad.

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Amnesia

DAILY SNACK

I can’t remember.

Is this the second time I’ve found the bouncy chair on top of the baby?

Or was it her brother the other time?

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Hey Rebecca: Back to Sleep Basics

Hey Rebecca!

My 2 month old will only stay asleep for 10 minutes on his back before he is awoken by gas or a shake of his own arm. Recently I discovered that he will sleep on his tummy (he falls asleep on my chest this way) for up to three hours. All of the baby books forbid tummy sleeping at all for the first year, but a friend told me her pediatrician said it is ok if the baby can lift his head 45 degrees… how can I resolve my conflicting mommy guilt while getting some much needed shut eye??