….our Hair-Brained Adventure 🌵

“I want to go on a field trip” says the munchkin. “A field trip?! Where?” I ask. “the Grand Canyon” the munchkin tells me while shoving his iPad into my hands and showing me photos he had found on a google search. “ Oh no, not another one of your hair-brained adventures” my dad says […]

the Next. Right. Step.

Me: Outdoor adventure with the munchkin or “spiritual enlightenment”? 🤔 State of Arizona: BOTH. 💫 To be continued… Sedona, Arizona

Story Time! 📚

“I want some story time please “, the munchkin tells me thrusting a book (or my iPad) into my hands. 📖 What this usually entails is me reading aloud while the munchkin continues to play video games on his iPad. If I stop reading he will: 1. stop playing and look at me. 👀 2.stop […]

My Super Sweet 16 ❣️

WOW! MTV really set the bar high with this one 😳. I think 🤔 I can hang, but let’s see?… Lavish parties with performers like Usher/Niki Minaj? Nope Luxury cars with giant bows on the top in the driveway/garage? Nope Host a giant party on/in a private yacht/island/castle with a bunch of teenagers the munchkin […]

Road Trip Fiesta 🎈

All except for the hot air balloon 🎈” , says the munchkin to me after we had unsuccessfully attempted to see them in Helotes, Texas a few years prior. I mentioned our disappointment to a coworker after not getting to see any balloons go up and her recommendation was to “go see them in New […]

What’s Luck Got To Do With It?

“What kind of shoes was he wearing?” I stared at her incredulous. My heart was beating frantically in my throat. It’s early afternoon in the fall of 2009* where only moments ago I had been jarred awake by our dog who was frantically barking. The front door of my home is ajar with no munchkin […]