Category Archives: Parenting

child asleep under grill

Turn Me Over…I’m Done!

I really have no excuse at all for posting this very summery nap, except that it is so long until summer that I felt it couldn’t wait. With more snow approaching the Northeast, I know my friends up there will appreciate this memory of hot days, grilled brats, and cold …well, we won’t talk about …

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Monkey See Monkey Not Do

When you have a second child, everyone and their mother says “Just get them on the same schedule so you can have some time to yourself!”  Well, I applaud these fabulous moms who manage to mold their children’s schedules to the perfect afternoon moment of silence (during which they are angelically snoozing in their little …

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Guest Napper #8

Brenna graciously scouted this picture for me, which is of her niece Julia.  Like any normal person would be, Brenna was initially skeptical that Julia is actually asleep in the picture, but her mom swears it is true. What’s funny to me, as an obvious fan of naps, is that Julia’s mom apparently took the …

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A New Twist?

…because it had to have taken some childlike flexibility to somehow toss his puppy up on top of the pillow after covering himself with all that other stuff.  I tell you, it’s a positive inspiration to all of us who have once again dedicated ourselves to our previously neglected fitness goals in the coming year. …

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