Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20214 minBack-to-School Jitters On 10We have survived the first week of fourth grade. End of post. LOL, JK. While announcing that achievement seems like enough in itself,...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20212 min#tagwithellaI came across this little girl’s story on twitter today and it broke my heart. She suffers from a disease called epidermolysis bullosa...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20212 mina Mother’s Day not-to-do listBut for all my lists of things I need to remember to do, I is also have a list of things I need to remember not to do. That one also...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20212 mindrivetime discussions: Miss Girl meets Queen Beymkay. so that thing i was writing about Melania last night? yeah, i’m completely done talking about that for right now. let’s talk...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20213 minkindergarten: where content of character is everythingin the world of my 5 year old, people aren’t black or white. people have beige skin or brown skin . . . or sometimes pink. they are not...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20213 minHow to Talk About Tragedy with A 5 Year OldWhat happened in Paris last night is shocking. It is terrifying from the standpoint of living in any major city and thinking about...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20211 minmy first crushoh, how did you guess this is one of The Daily Post’s prompts? the first real-person crush i remember must have been in maybe 5th grade?...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20212 min5 things i will not be packing for school lunchi have extremely little to offer for today’s NaBloPoMo prompt, “What is/was your favourite thing to pack for school lunch?” as a child, i...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20212 mingirls don’t sit on the benchi know. as usual, i’m a little late. but today at the gym, i was lucky, um, to be at the gym at lunch time for the first time in a long...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20214 mina Monday night horror story: the 4 stages of homeworkthis is not pretty, y’all. those who are faint of heart, still deciding whether to have children or rearing precious little newborns that...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20213 minsummer sunset: week 3wow, a lot has happened in the past 2 weeks. that’s all immo say to intro this edition of my summer recap series! read on. hope y’all are...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20214 minmotherhood: a no wuss zonei desperately wanted to do a mushy post about what i love about being a mom. everybody loves a list! especially for a holiday like...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20213 minnewsflash: basics no longer standarda couple weeks ago, when Miss Girl came home singing “i’m a mean old lion . . . rawr!” and i found out that her Pre-K class was taking...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20211 minFriday favorites: guilty pleasuresi have to write a separate, tragic post about how we are like 90% through the school year and this schedule has still not gotten...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20212 min5 truths from my stint as a soccer momit’s that time again, folks! the first soccer game of the season is today. it got me thinking about this post from the end of the season...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20213 minbest. mom. ever.holy. F. y’all. it is cold as balls out and i am drowning in a sea of how is all this shit supposed to actually happen? at work. this...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20214 mineveryone, meet Lily!okay, so i know those of you following along are like whoa. wait a minute? who’s this Lily? where. is. Pennies??? excellent question,...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20213 minno rest for the weary, y’all.i know i’m cursing a lot lately. i think i’m just getting more comfortable here and worrying less what my mom and Spy think. not that...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20212 mina birthday wishtoday, i’m celebrating my 43rd birthday. that’s right 43. not 29 for the 15th year running. and i do mean celebrating. this year, i’m...
Kristin WoodwardMay 24, 20213 minSunday supper + Blogtober14: what makes me happyi’ve been trying not to double up on posts. there’s probably something in my Virgo moon that likes clean separation on these kinds of...