Life with Dudes Never Looked So Pretty
Before we get into the meat of this thing, let me get something that needs to be said out of the way: I am cool. Not a cool mom. Not cool for a grown up. Definitely not cool for an old lady. Just straight up cool, no context or qualifiers needed. I am relatively certain that on just the right day, I can go head
Today is our first day of spring break. The weather dude says it will reach a marvelous 69 degrees of full on sunshine. Know what that means? Dudes will be banished from the house for a full day of playing in the yard. I will throw them snacks out the back window and they can drink from the yard hose. They can muddy their shoes
These birthday posts are so hard for me to write. And not just these 10th birthday ones. All of them. I spend most of the time crying, unable to grasp exactly what it is about this moment that is breaking my heart. Of course I want my Dudes to grow up happy and healthy and enjoying every year they get to celebrate another birthday. The
In case you haven’t heard, bff, more widely known around here as the Baby Baker completed her baking and popped out a handsome, healthy human baby a couple of weeks ago. She’s officially a card carrying member of the Dude Mom’s club! I wanted to just take a moment to share a few things with her to get her ready for Dude kid rearing. She
When I was 10 months pregnant with my first son, I remember waddling onto the Metro in DC after meeting my mom for lunch. It was a bazillion degrees, because I had a coat and a bag and a hat and gloves and a massive belly and 60 extra pounds of a weight. And it was one of those early November days that couldn’t decide
When it comes to being bossy, I’m woman enough to admit that I excel at that. I call it “maintaining high expectations for those I care about to encourage and inspire success.” But, you can call it bossy if you must. Especially when it comes to awesome infusing my Dudes. I just want to make sure that they are not only people I can be
The Dudes put another Christmas to bed. Aside from a middle of the night barf (which, for the record, is a horrifying nightmare when projected from the top of a bunk bed onto the big brother who is sleeping on the floor below) it was all of the things Christmas should be. Full of joy… And surprises… And more joy… And chaos.. And family… And
There are a lot of things about being a DudeMom that I didn’t anticipate. Like the amount of noise, and the never ending energy, and their desire to leap from things in a single bound. Their obsession with Axe Body Spray (seriously, I think they put some sort of pheromone inside that makes them feel like they need to spray it thickly all over their
Just as a warning, today’s post may be TMI for some readers. It falls under the category of Things That Happen to You When You’re Old. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend Expo East. If you’re not in the selling organic goods game you may not know that it is an organic expo showcasing natural products on the market. It’s not really for consumers.
