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Author’s Note: This is long, and sadly has no pictures, but stick with it.  It’s a good one. Because of my mom’s involvement at our synagogue when we were growing up, somehow our family always had a special relationship with the head Rabbi.  The Rabbi was called by his first name in our house, but [...]

I was home with Benjamin and his phlegm today. I took the opportunity to catch up on folding and distributing laundry about the house… so up the stairs we went. First stop, Benjamin’s room. Then Leah’s. The picture above is what I walked into when I opened the door to Leah’s room. Felicia uses a [...]

Image by SilenceofNight Leah decided to help Benjamin make his Hanukah wish list this year. By the looks of it he had very little to do with it. Or he’s nuts. Either could be true. Or both. Benajmin: 1. Spongebob Computer 2. Socks 3. iPad 4. iPhone 5. Underwear 6. Monkey 7. Wizard Wand 8. [...]

Image by Mark J. Sebastian Oh, you guys.  I don’t even know where to START this story.  Friday night we were leaving Yom Kippur services with the kids and headed to get a bite to eat.  We cut through a nearby neighborhood to get to the restaurant and as we were driving down a darkened [...]

Glitter Stripper heels A tattoo A sunburn An STD A spontaneous wedding Pasties Diamonds Texts from Last Night I can’t remember More chips than I came with (But only lost $100! That’s totally a win.) Pictures Stress Oh, you guys. There are so many things to say. This is only the beginning as I start [...]

It is an absolute given that whenever any of the kids gets some sort of germ I will have it next.  There is no need to fight it, no need to be all, “Oh, I’m sure you’ll be fine..”  No, I won’t.  Like now. Benjamin came home last week with a head cold.  Thus two [...]

Driving home from swimming lessons yesterday, we stop at a local fast food joint to pick up some hamburgers because, quite frankly, yesterday called for hamburgers.  Also? Cocktails. Benjamin is wet and sitting on a towel in his booster carseat enjoying a French fry and regaling the car with his feats of swimming including the [...]

For the first time in close to seven years Husband and I are going on vacation.  Alone.  No kids.  NO KIDS. (I think that deserved its own line and all caps.) We have family here in town but it’s just really too much to ask any of them to keep these darling, precious offspring for [...]

I like food.  I won’t use the word “foodie” because I think it’s overused and now I don’t even know what that means anymore.  But I like food.  A lot.  I like eating it and reading about it and cooking it and thanks to all that is good and holy I can now WATCH food [...]

Dear Dude in the Middle Seat on the Plane Last Night: Stop touching me. It’s the last row of this plane and it’s crowded. All I want to do is lean my head on the side of this window and go to sleep with a little help from my friend, Dramamine. I’m finding it hard [...]