Confessions of a PlayGroup Hater

3 Ways to Make Playgroup More Fun (for you) - Toulouse & Tonic

I haven’t been to an official “playgroup” in years but now I have a toddler again and since he’s now the same age Asher was when I was taking him to playgroups, I’m having flashbacks.  I don’t think I’ll be doing it this time around and here’s why.  I confess.  I hated playgroup. I went […]

Fook it.

Cursing Toddler - HuffPo Best Parenting Tweets of the Week

There’s nothing like a cursing toddler to make you check yourself, is there?  It wasn’t until Asher (6) was first starting to talk that I even thought about what a potty mouth I had. Years of working in music, spending time in bars and being around my foul-mouthed friends (do you like the way I […]

The More Bang For Your Buck Gift Guide for Toddlers

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This post is several years old (my kids are now 9 and 4) and I just went down the list and I still stand by everything I said. These are the things they played with the most and the longest. At 9 and 5, they are still playing with the magnatiles, the gears, the bath […]

The One Where The Baby Puts His Finger In My Mouth

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“Eye,” the baby says, shoving his chubby little finger into my eye socket.  “Eye!” I grab his finger and gentle-up his prodding. “Yes, eye,” I say.  I point at mine.  “Mommy’s eye.”  I point at his.  “Meyer’s eye.” He smiles with pride at his accomplishment. “Where’s mommy’s nose,” I ask.  “Nooooose?”  Drawing it out, inflection […]

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