I was meant to leave him with someone while I went to the library, which would have been for the best, any trip to the library is better done with as few children as possible. And anyway I’m the sort of person who not only acquires enough library fines to be blocked from borrowing books, [...]
Archive for July, 2009
The heart grows fonder
Posted in babies, motherhood, motherhood bliss, motherhood sux, preschoolers on July 7, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Date night
Posted in bill, fatherhood, feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, motherhood bliss, work and family (im)balance on July 5, 2009 | 16 Comments »
We’ve just instituted ‘date night’ in our house so I read this piece from Sandra Tsing Loh on her divorce with amusement. Which is to say I can work at a career and child care and joint homeownership and even platonic male-female friendship. However, in this cluttered forest of my 40s, what I cannot authentically [...]
File under ‘Places he has been in a sling’
Posted in babies, cormac, motherhood, motherhood bliss, your guide to perfect play dates on July 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
His first holiday at the beach.

