I can be a bit of a control freak. I like things to be done certain ways and when they aren't well, I tend to get a bit, uh, testy. You are sitting there completely shocked right now, I know.When The Comedian started eating cereal straight from the bag yesterday morning I looked at her and TD and declared it, "Totally Untamed Tuesday!" I was going to just let things go. For a day. My friend, Kristen would say I was letting go of my "New England hang-ups sensibilities". So I let the kids eat cereal out of the bag. I let them put cereal in sippy cups with milk and try to eat it that way. We made an impromptu trip to "Crazy Town" as TD calls it and when the book store we were visiting wasn't open yet (an hour late!) I just 'Meh'd' it and we took … [Read more...]
Returning Pants with Three Kids
The other day H bought two pairs of pants. Turns out he didn't like them so much (I seriously don't want to meet the person who is that long in the crotch) and they needed to be returned. Easy peasy he thought. "I'll just return them when we go to the grocery store today." I know you are all like "What?!" (cue Aziz Ansari's voice.) "Returning pants at the grocery store? Where the hell do you shop for food?" Hold up. There's a men's clothing store next door. And yes, we sometimes all go to the grocery store together because "it's fun." Heh. We have some dinner, the kids eat like zombies in front of a TV blaring Nick Jr (unheard of in our house) and then we shop. Don't hate. I know you want to live like this. It's tres glamorous.So the … [Read more...]