landismom wrote 1 week ago: As the oldest child (and only girl) in my house, I was in constant competition with my younger broth … more →
landismom wrote 1 month ago: The Bee cried tonight when we turned off the TV, knowing that this is our last day of having cable. … more →
landismom wrote 1 month ago: SP: Hey, let’s play text messaging! BB: Okay! … more →
landismom wrote 1 month ago: The Bee acts badly when she’s mad at me for going away. I’m beginning to see that she do … more →
landismom wrote 2 months ago: So I turned 40 earlier this month, and apparently that was the cue for a whole bunch of things to st … more →
landismom wrote 3 months ago: For me, there is no vacation like a beach vacation. I grew up summering on the Jersey shore–m … more →
landismom wrote 4 months ago: So after my bad parenting moment of a few weeks ago, I’ve been working overtime to keep from l … more →
landismom wrote 4 months ago: A confession: Sometimes, I really am the world’s worst mother. It’s not just something t … more →
landismom wrote 5 months ago: I took two third-grade girls to the mall today, and got an ugly vision of my future. The Bee and I h … more →
landismom wrote 6 months ago: Like most parents, I typically check on my kids before I go to bed. The Potato has a tendency to cli … more →
landismom wrote 7 months ago: The Bee is experiencing the joys of state testing for the first time this week. She was tremendously … more →
landismom wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday, the Bee brought home the following essay: I have a little brother who turned four on Augu … more →
landismom wrote 9 months ago: I spent a good deal of this evening trying to figure out how to make a wreath with candles a la Sain … more →
landismom wrote 10 months ago: I saw this website recently, and I had to blog about it. In many ways, I think that environmentalism … more →
landismom wrote 11 months ago: The Bee’s counselor called landisdad today to talk about her progress. The Bee has only had tw … more →
landismom wrote 11 months ago: We drove to New England this weekend for my FIL’s 75th birthday. We left Friday afternoon, dro … more →
landismom wrote 1 year ago: The comments on my last post have got me thinking about how white people learn to respond–and … more →
landismom wrote 1 year ago: So one of the things in life that’s been consuming my attention lately is that we decided to h … more →
landismom wrote 1 year ago: Landisdad and I were talking the other night about how, on the Bee’s first day of kindergarten … more →