Last week I went to Legoland with my soon to be three year old daughter Savanna, and my seventy something old parents.  For some people, this screams “Fun!” For others, it screams “pass the bottle of any type of alcohol!” We left on our journey from Phoenix, Arizona to Carlsbad, California with my father driving,… Continue reading Legoland

This would be a typical night in the life of me: My daughter has swim lessons during the week, which falls on the day that my mom takes care of her.  This makes it easy to get home from work, get myself ready and run out the door with her dressed in her swim attire.… Continue reading Typical

This past weekend I had the pleasure of staying at a local resort with a girlfriend, her daughter and my daughter…a girls only weekend.  I had a gift certificate to the “fancy” restaurant so we made reservations for Saturday evening.  Unfortunately, the only reservation available was 7:30pm.  For most people this is the perfect time slot for… Continue reading Fancy Dinner

About a month ago, my daughter came home and noticed the color of nail polish on my toes was different and she said “I want pink like mommy.” I thought about it and did not think any harm of giving her a pedicure so that night I painted her toe nails the same color pink… Continue reading Painted Toes

Savanna has been to hotels in the valley and car trips to San Diego since she was a year old, but the vacation we just took to Minnesota had many firsts for her: First time in an airport waiting for a plane (very long wait due to the Southwest debacle with their computer glitch) First… Continue reading Vacation

I have a couple movies and Disney shows saved on my Kindle for Savanna to watch.  The other night, Savanna was watching Inside Out on the Kindle and I was ironically, child proofing the new Kindle Fire I bought when I no longer heard any noise from the Kindle.  I looked over and saw Savanna… Continue reading One Click

I have medium length, brown curly hair (Texas, big hair) that I put up a lot in the summer because it is so hot.  The past week, Savanna has been having major melt downs when I start to put my hair up.  I want to say it is because it is so beautiful, she wants… Continue reading Don’t Put Your Hair Up

I know kids mimic what their parents and siblings do and Savanna is no different.  I have already discussed a few things she has repeated after me or done because she saw me do it.  This weekend while we were in the pool, her and I were swimming and I got a cramp in my toes.  I told Savanna we needed to… Continue reading Mimic

Overall, my daughter is pretty dang good. Daycare teachers love her and say she is one of their best behaved children; she is good with her grandparents; and her auntie. I believe she saves up her bad behavior for me. I experienced the worst of the “terrible twos” last night. It’s all a blur to… Continue reading I AM THE PARENT

I recently went on a date with a guy I met who is in a band. We had some things in common…our age range, we enjoy a cold beer, and we each have a child…that is about the extent of it. Ha Ha The date was fun though. He took me to see a really… Continue reading Band Boy