Category: Momming

If You’re Familiar With Fiddler On The Roof, You Know We Jews Love Us Some Tradition.

{Dee, on actual Chanukah – yes, with some delicious Mexican Take Out.} This morning, as I packed up the final pieces of 2011, Dee turned to me and asked: “Where’s the candles?” ‘Oh, honey – Chanukah is over.  Remember, just like we’re taking down our Christmas Tree until next year.’ But my usually accepting child looked at me with those… Read more →

Christmas, I Have a Bone to Pick With You.

Since the girl started eating, Christmas, I have taken great care to keep SUGAR a minimal part of her diet.  And I’ve done incredibly well for someone as disorganized and non-health conscious as myself.  She’s flourished, and for a long time we avoided having to discover if Dee had inherited Scott and Maegan’s sugar gene.  {Meaning that…while I can eat… Read more →