I wanted my son to meet the biggest thing I’ve ever seen, and so I took him to the ocean. It seemed silly, really, to introduce a four and a half month old to the Pacific Ocean. He certainly won’t remember and he sure didn’t understand what it was that he was doing. He could [...]
Coming to you from the great green northwest which, as these last few days have testified, is nothing like the great white north. It is always such a hoot to come back to your old stomping grounds after a long period away. (Speaking of being ‘from’ Minnesota: hoot? Did I really just use hoot as [...]
Despite someone forgetting to set their alarm last night and waking up 10 minutes before our ride to the airport was to arrive… WE HAVE ARRIVED in Oregon! The Minneapolis airport was easy enough thanks to my ring sling. We packed in such a way that we had very little to carry. You know, besides [...]
I grew up just south of the border with Washington. I thought I knew apples. I was wrong. Midwesterners know apples. In fact, O My Family knows apples. Apple pie, that is. When O My Family does apple pie (as with most things) they don’t mess around. They are all out, 15 people’s hands on [...]
Of all the things that intimidate me about parenting, I think flying with a baby takes the proverbial cake. But here goes nothing! We are taking off tomorrow morning (ON Thanksgiving, I know, but thanks to the time difference we’ll still get there before noon and O My Budget-Breakers, you should have seen how much [...]
I’m so excited you guys. So ridiculously excited, and not just because we’re flying to Oregon this week to be with my family for Thanksgiving. I’m also ridiculously excited about something I’ve been cooking up with amazing bloggers Heather of the EO and Steph of Adventures in Babywearing. (Yes, I feel totally out of my [...]
*Actually, there’s no exception or note for that statement, just did it in the interest of parallel structure. He was totally out, passed the limb test and everything. We weren’t taking any chances on that “set him down partially awake” business. That has never worked for us. So, one soundly sleeping baby in my arms [...]
*for our family (in the interest of political correctness) How do you do it? You, you wonderful, lovely reader whose blood boiled upon reading the title of this post. HOW DO YOU DO IT?! “Them’s fighting words, AllisonO” I know but it is such a mystery to me how people do this every night and [...]
