After my bitch and moan session in last week’s blog post, I figured y’all deserved to see the evidence. Here we are, all geared up as Daphne and Velma. Fyi, the Daphne costume came from eBay, and the only thing Annika really liked about it was the wig. She LOVES this wig. I think it’s [...]
Categories: Life, Motherhood
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Tags: Annika, Holidays, Motherhood, Random crap
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Every year around this time, Annika and I have discussions about Santa. And they are always ridiculous. I don’t know if it’s just that my kid is too smart for my lies or if it’s that I’m just saying the wrong things. Annika doesn’t seem to have this wonderful magical notion about Santa Claus. She’s [...]
Categories: Failure, Life, Motherhood, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, Holidays
I’m not going to lie and pretend that I’ve never used obscenities in front of my child. I am not even going to pretend that I try not to. Okay, for the most part, I think I do edit myself. But the occasional vulgarity slips from my lips as smoothly as a small glass of [...]
Categories: Failure, Life, Motherhood, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, Obscenities
A little over two weeks ago, Annika started her first full day of school. It was a day I’ve dreamed of many times. Not that I was looking forward to her growing up and going away from me. I dreamed of the time when she would go to school, I think, more of as a [...]
Categories: Montessori, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, Motherhood, School
My anal retentiveness cannot justify ending my travel posts with our final destination when we technically made more semi-interesting stops. I promise this is the last of my vacation photos. On our first night of our two-day trip home, we stopped just outside of Nashville. How could we not stop and see the Grand Ole [...]
Categories: Travel, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika
We are done. Finally. After four years, exactly four years. Annika is done nursing. We made a deal a few months ago that on her fourth birthday she would be done nursing. It still trips me out that we nursed this long. Even for me, a kid who was nursed for at least three years, [...]
Categories: Attachment Parenting, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, Breastfeeding, Extended Breastfeeding, Motherhood
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mamas! I hope everyone is having a great day. I got my very first Annika-hand-crafted Mother’s Day gifts this year thanks to some very special and awesome preschool teachers. On top of these awesome gifts, four years ago I also got the best gift ever, my daughter Annika. Along [...]
Categories: Blogging, Guest Post, Racial Identity, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, Bi-racial, Racial Identity
It seems strange to think that I am the mother of a 4-year-old. Except that it doesn’t. Annika’s birthday was two days ago, but we were too busy celebrating and I didn’t find time to write a post. With each passing year I become more and more comfortable with the idea that I’m a mom. [...]
Categories: Motherhood, Uncategorized
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Oh my god. I never thought I’d be the type of mom who would go overboard with my kid’s birthday. It turns out. I am just that mom. Somehow, I can’t manage to fit in the time to mop my kitchen floor or clean the toilets even once a month (oh my god, did I [...]
Categories: Life, Motherhood, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, Motherhood
I know that by now Trayvon Martin is yesterday’s news to many, but the fact remains, he is still dead and his parents will have to live with that for the rest of their lives. No matter what happens, George Zimmerman killed their son. If he goes to prison or if he goes free, Trayvon’s [...]
Categories: Bi-racial, Fear, Motherhood, Racial Identity, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, Racial Identity, Racism, Stereotypes
