The Reno Balloon Races — If Only They Could Make Dawn a Little Later

– Posted in: Grosser than Gross, No Good Deed, Okay That's Funny, Parenting, Personal Insanity, Reno, Sundays in My City, Things To Do with Kids
Dawn Patrol

Today was, well, interesting... Every year since the kids were about 3, we've gone to the Reno Balloon Races. We drag everybody out of bed before the sun comes up, drive down to a big park with a bunch of freakishly perky people, walk around in the dark, and freeze while we watch close to [...]

The Artist Presently Known as Newt

– Posted in: Crazy Tammy, Elfie, Homework, Newt, Personal Insanity, School, Sundays in My City, The Kids are Killing Me, Writing

Sunday started out so well. The kids and I slept in (my husband’s working -- lately it feels like that’s all he does). The kids ate dry cereal for breakfast so I didn’t even have to make anything. And I read the paper while they read books. It was dreamy.Photo by PartlySunnyThen I gave them [...]

At Least It’s Not Macaroni

– Posted in: Elfie, Okay That's Funny, Parenting, Sundays in My City, Worst Mom Randomness

Photo by PartlySunnyThis is my latest "happy" thing to do -- a meme through Unknown Mami called "Sundays In My City." Fairly self-explanatory. I like this because even though I'm capable of taking pretty nice photos, I've decided not to put any artsy-fartsy, perfectionist pressure on myself when it comes to this. In fact, both [...]