Happy Easter Eve!

I hope it doesn't make me a bad Mom that I have not hidden eggs or even bought an Easter basket for Max? I just don't see him getting the concept of the hidden egg, it actually sounds time consuming and messy. Boy I'm fun.

Last year, I had wanted to buy him the blue and green gingham, personalized, large, brown Easter basket from Pottery Barn but it was sold out. He was so little, and I couldn't get the basket I wanted, so I just had him share with his Dad (the basket that I left on the floor because of my new Mom state and Wolfie ate every last Reese's peanut butter bunny). This year, I thought about the PB basket and it was available and then a week later went to order it and it was SOLD OUT!

For I while what I felt the worst about was that this year I didn't get J any candy -- he so loves his Easter Reese's, when the dogs don't eat them. I did tell J to buy his own candy as he went into Target to get a lemonade pitcher he wanted while I fed Max in the car -- cheesepuffs and milk, because that's balanced. He came out with just the pitcher saying that the candy was too hard to find. Too hard to find. Easter candy, in Target. Too hard to find. BOY MADE HIS BED!

Gearing Up for a Warm Summer

Me: Should Max and I take a Mommy and Me swim class and by that I mean Daddy and Me.

J: No, you can take him.

Me: I don't want the added pressure in my life of having to shave and put a bathing suit on every week.

J: Fine, if you find one where the teacher's a floozie.

Playground Conversations

There is a nice community park near our home that we take Max to just so he can swing - something he dearly loves. Last Sunday, J and I were pushing Max on the swing and I overheard some older kids who appeared to be equal in age on the play set. Their conversation went something like this:

Kid 1: Does your sister remember me? Does she? Does she remember me?

Kid 2: Yeah, she do.

Kid 1: Do you take Karate, I take Karate, I'm a yellow belt, what belt are you?

Kid 2: I'm a super hero. I'm Bat Man.

I'm sure Kid 1 felt a little frustrated with the intellectual caliber of Kid 2's answers, and I thought this is probably how J feels when he talks to me.

Doodle Burgers

I'm feeling nostalgic today. Growing up, say around the time I was 8, there was a burger joint near my house called Doodle Burgers. All the legs of the tables had tube socks and converse on them, and they sold things like Double Doodle Burgers, and Doodle Dogs. And there was a jukebox and I remember one time I accidentally played Pac Man Fever and was super embarassed. I wish I could go to Doodle Burgers for dinner tonight.

Happy Birthday Alice

After Max's Birthday Party last weekend and Alice's Birthday Party today, I've come to the realization that birthday parties for parents are exhausting. No more sipping beers while watching my friends run after their kids. Nowadays I'm doing my own chasing ... and wiping off of sticky fingers, and smelling of butts for poopy diapers, and more chasing .... At five tonight, I started nodding off on the couch only to catch myself because there was still dinner, bath and a bottle to tackle.

Ta da! (Post title courtesy of Adam M.)

My friend Kristin is visiting and she mentioned I hadn't updated my blog in a year. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Oh the stories I have to tell ... but for now, I'll just say "hi" and that it's really nice to have her here, to introduce her to Max.

Having a professional photographer for a friend is very nice, I just wish she lived closer. For so many reasons. LOVER YOU K!!!! Copyright violation? I know a good IP Attorney ...