Day 2052

Lizard seems to thrive (or at least go completely bananas) with lots of outdoor play. I suspect I’m going to spend a lot of time under the sprinkler trying to survive the summer...

Day 2051

I feel like one of the best things about having a village to help raise your kids would be having a better idea of when you need to be concerned when your kid is sick. Now everything is concerning. So I stomp on my feelings until I start getting concerned that I am over-correcting...

Day 2050

It makes it much harder to overrule your three year old when she says things like “But I would prefer to wear this one.”

Day 2049

In my latest attempt to de-fang Lizard’s imaginary beasts, I suggested that maybe they need to go to finishing school to learn manners if they’re going to be so rude.

I’m pretty stoked to have tea parties with lions and tigers and bears.

Day 2048

The three year old wants to start saving for her retirement.

And then retire to the mall.

I support exactly one of these initiatives.

Day 2047

Parenting situations I had not anticipated: having to tell your kid they need to be less affectionate with their sibling. I also did not expect that telling a kid they can’t kiss their sibling goodnight would make them cry.

Day 2046

If you stay up late giggling about silly dog names, the universe will punish you by having your kid poop themselves awake in the middle of the night, and then you get to clean it up without your glasses on.

...probably still worth it.