Some children collect Star Wars or Transformers figures. Possibly Barbies or Bratz dolls or whatever those horrid, little rude dolls are. Not my child. He collects Buddha figurines.
Lest you think that we are Buddhists, alas, we are not. I have to admit it is a religion I have flirted with for many years and will [...]

For those of you who are tired with all that is wrong with Chicago: 10.25% sales tax, those stupid parking ticket machines, Rod Blagojevich, let me throw out one life saver—The Chicago Public Library. In my 15 odd- years of living here, CPL has never let me down. I remember how I proudly entered the [...]

 First of all, yes, there is a version of monopoly called “Horseopoly.” And no, you don’t need to rush out and buy it. Not only is it confusing, but the horses on the box look slightly demented and creepy. But when you are staying on a Dude Ranch in Montana and your 5-year-old son finds [...]

So turns out G is no water baby. Even after the 8 weeks of $15 a pop swimming lessons we made him take. Which consisted of him:
a)      Frantically waving at me to get my attention so he could spend most of the lesson taking a “bathroom break”
b)      Me trying as hard as I could to [...]

Last week while my husband was making balloon animals (yes, my husband was making balloon animals) at a friend’s BBQ, we actually got into an argument with one of his patrons.
She was four.
This was how it all went down.
We stupidly thought it would be fun to bring our friends a mini-balloon animal making kit since [...]

Today I witnessed something that was just horrible. And please know that there will be nothing funny or endearing about this post—it will be a sad post. It will be a post that might make you mad or make you cry (like I have been doing all morning), but I felt the need to share [...]

 
My son has figured this out at the ripe age of 5. His big epiphany came last night when I told him he needed to stop clomping around our bedroom in my favorite shoes.
G: Why can’t I wear these (red, shiny, stiletto) high heels?
Me: Because you are a boy and boys don’t wear high heels.
G: [...]

I made the mistake of opening my son’s backpack yesterday. Besides the various papers, art pieces, old packages of graham crackers, and permission slips I never signed, I found 2 soft-covered books. One of them had a foreign, sticky substance on the back cover that I assumed was food.
Turns out I was wrong. I found [...]

My son is now part of The Breakfast Club.
And before you get any ideas, he’s not angsty, nerdy, or busy taping other little boys’ buttocks together.
Nope. He’s only five. And he’s decided we have to leave even EARLIER in the morning than usual so he can go eat breakfast at school with his other preschooler [...]

I got to experience life today. The game of LIFE, that is. Do you all remember that game? With the fun, clicking circle you spun in the middle of the game board? The one with the little cars that have the holes for you and your spouse and all of your children? G was home [...]