Show Me The Funny

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-12-10 // 5 Comments

I’m very excited to post my first author interview and delighted that it’s about one wickedly funny parenting book. Mary K. Moore, a successful magazine writer and editor, has written “The Unexpected When You’re Expecting,” a parody of the pregnancy... Continue reading →

The Shopping Gene Has Kicked In

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-11-13 // 10 Comments

Miss C has been asking, nay begging, me to take her shopping for a pair of boots. Apparently a couple of her friends have been sporting boots and being a fashion conscious girl and a trend spotter, Miss C has now... Continue reading →

Note To Patrons

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-10-16 // 10 Comments

We have never, and will never, serve Doritos for breakfast no matter how much you cry. Thank you. Mommy, er, management. Continue reading →

The One Where I Ask For Your Vote

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-09-02 // 11 Comments

See this pretty little button? I’d love for you to click on it and vote for BlondeMomBlog in the Divine Caroline Love This Site! Awards parenting category. I’ll give you a few good reasons why. The hubby is living in... Continue reading →

Crushed, Obviously

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-08-30 // 12 Comments

Driving Miss C to school yesterday, I cranked up a classic rock station, opened the sunroof, and hit all the green lights. Classic rock seems to be a safe bet in the car with the girls because with top 40... Continue reading →

Momsomnia

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-08-19 // 12 Comments

I had serious trouble falling asleep last night. Typically I get a Sunday case momsomnia as I think about the week ahead, but it hit me last night. Miss A had a run in with bullies for the first time... Continue reading →

Free At Last, Free At Last

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-08-15 // 8 Comments

The girls left about an hour ago with my mother-in-law to spend the night and won’t be back until late tomorrow afternoon. The hubby and I are going out to dinner to a new sports pub and we’re going to... Continue reading →

No Boo Hoos For The First Grader

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-08-11 // 26 Comments

Now if I can only remember to take her photo in this same spot every year, that would be pretty darn cool. Last year I forgot, cough, to take her photo on the first day of kindergarten. (I did get... Continue reading →

Three Years Ago Today

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-08-05 // 11 Comments

Miss C, how can it be that you were 3 years old just an inkling ago? This summer you sat down at the piano and you wrote a song. “My heart is happy, and I love you, this is true.... Continue reading →

Stylish

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-07-25 // 20 Comments

Yesterday I was getting Miss A ready for daycare, and seeing the time inch closer to 8:30 I knew I needed to go ahead and take her to school wearing her bathing suit. Thursdays this summer are water play days... Continue reading →

Considering Banning Spongebob Indefinitely

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-07-17 // 18 Comments

On the way home from buying a new mattress Sunday (rest in peace old plank, hubby and I and our twinging backs will not miss you), the girls were giddy with late afternoon errand running tiredness and the amusement of... Continue reading →

Baby Talk

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-06-24 // 14 Comments

Yesterday afternoon I took Miss C to buy her pink ballet slippers at the local dance studio where she’ll be taking a six-week ballet princesses course starting tomorrow. I assumed they had the shoes in stock and then realized they... Continue reading →

In the Morning, In the Evening, Ain’t We Got Fun

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-06-05 // 19 Comments

Monday mornings hit me in the face like a whiff of ripe garbage. I don’t do Mondays, particularly Monday mornings, very well. I am a bit of a control freak, so I don’t like the tendency for Monday to get... Continue reading →