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The only McDonald’s Happy Meal toys I will make special trips to acquire are the Madame Alexander dolls. This year’s theme is The Wizard of Oz, which they’ve done before. There are some new characters, plus they modified the older characters. I started collecting them for Aidan when they were first introduced several years ago. […]

Where I tick off all the soccer moms

We don’t do organized team sports, so I wrote about it. I feel very much alone in our status.

For a long time, I felt guilty. But my kids are pretty awesome, even without armloads of participation trophies. They do other cool things and they don’t express any kind of desire to participate.

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Ode on a Big Red Ball

I wrote this poem during my pregnancy with Beatrix. I had purchased a large red ball to help my posture and hence, her positioning inside. One of my big fears during that pregnancy was a posterior presentation—a sunny-side-up baby. I ended up with a c-section, so all my bouncing was for nothing. Or so I […]