Monday, I posted about taking Hippo, my niece and my younger sister (younger by 2 years, which she hates me reminding people about) to Disney On Ice Frozen. And I talked about how it’s a great event to go to because it’s magical and it’s cheaper than taking them to an amusement park and the […]
This past year has tested my strength in many ways. Within a few weeks of one another my uncle, my mother’s friend and my grandmother all passed away. My grandmother’s passing was my absolute breaking point. Having to help my aunt with my grandmother’s preparations and all that comes with taking care of someone’s personal/financial […]
Apparently it’s Fall. But I am afraid Los Angeles has yet to receive the memo. You see even though we pass by the Gap store fronts with it’s beautiful Fall collection and we drink our pumpkin spice lattes and we watch the wind blow across the football fields, we are still doing all this from […]
And so it ends, how it began in a huge pile of heaping exhaustion. Yes, the Hippo and I survived our first week of Elementary school. I am extremely ill and flared up (OF COURSE!) and he is sir grumps a lot as he adjusts to not having a nap in the middle of the […]
Giveaway alert!!! Rio was one of the first movies Hippo ever sat through. Between the colors, the music and the fact that it had to do with flying, Jax was mystified. And no it’s not because I use to chase him around the house singing Rio by Duran Duran like some crazed cabin fevered 80’s reject […]
The first time someone brought up feeding Hippo solids, it felt like a needle scratching the album. Cereal! Puree! Breastmilk! Allergies! Formula! Ounces! Spoonfuls! AAAAAHHHH!!! Feeding your child from your breast or going along the instructions they give you when you leave the hospital about creating formula bottles, is pretty easy. It can be nerve […]
