It’s a lot of fun to take my nephew places. He has almost the exact opposite learning style of Stevie and you don’t have to convince him to do anything. He actually wants to learn and try and see it all. Well almost all. He is thoughtful and hesitant about certain things, but mostly, he…
Some days I’m not exactly sure what I’m thinking. Like am I trying to set myself up for failure? Am I looking for frustration? Or am I really that optimistic that I think Stevie and I will have fun at a theme park. I’m going to go with optimistic. And determined. And tenacious. Yes, yes…
A couple weekends ago, my sister came to visit! Yay! She brought my sweet nephew, of course, along with her boyfriend and his cute kids. They had a busy schedule getting all the CA goodness in, and fighting lots of traffic every step of the way. We couldn’t do everything with them because it was right…
Sometimes being a parent is so boring. There is just so much of doing the same things over and over. Even things that were fun at one time become pretty stale after awhile. Stevie’s go-to this week was the bookstore. Yes! I like a good bookstore! Let’s do that! Anything’s better than the p-a-r-k, you know.…
As you may know, Stevie is not into surprises or changes in his schedule, so when I wanna go to CityWalk for lunch, I have to make sure he knows about it ahead of time. Even still, he usually doesn’t want to participate in anything that is mom’s dumb idea. But this particular day, he remembered…
It was a hot and windy day. This mom was so desperate to do anything other than an indoor playground, that she frantically searched the internet for “Things to do in LA with kids”. I quickly ruled out art fairs, music classes and new parks in ghetto neighborhoods. One of the items that popped up…
I have been putting off taking Stevie to the Natural History Museum because… well, he’s Stevie. He has shown no interest in nature or history. The museum does not have cars. So I didn’t have high hopes. One of his teachers recommended I take him, so I figured we’d give it a shot. We braved…
I know I keep referring to it as the worst day ever. The truth is it was just like every other day. Tantrums every five minutes. Incessant nagging. Screaming and frustration. But it felt so much worse because we were at freakin DISNEYLAND. I mean, there were time-outs next to Pirates of the Caribbean, begging…
While the last couple weeks have pushed me to my limits, this past weekend had some really… fulfilling moments, helping to put me back in a little better state of mind. Not only does crying like a baby help, but I worked on Friday. If it had been anything other than a wedding, I probably…
This summer activity was kind of doomed from the start. I mean, Stevie took a nap in the car on the way, so I had high hopes. My only wish at that point was a no-poop-in-the-pool day! But it didn’t quite work out. Well, there was no poop (thanks God), but the rest of the afternoon went…