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Reasons that MY 3-year-old might be freaking out

 January 18, 2013

Have you seen this blog floating around the interwebs? It makes me laugh, mainly because it is hysterical, but also...

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The Best I Can

 December 19, 2012

Since That Day...you know the one--the one that took my breath away, made me think I heard it all wrong, the one that for the first time TRULY made me question what kind of world we live in--well since then I've been wondering what to do...

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To My Very Best (Childless) Friend

 December 12, 2012

To my very best (childless) friend:
I miss you.  Alot.  Like really, really miss you.  Having two kids to your none really changes the dynamic of things.  I used to pride myself in...

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FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY DAYS

 November 28, 2012

Give or take a few days...it has been four hundred and fifty days. Four hundred and fifty days. Have you ever done something not that awesome for four hundred and fifty consecutive days to have any concept of how long of a period of time...

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Potty Training 101: Lazy Mom Style

 November 9, 2012

There gets to be this point, when your kid is essentially pooping man poop, and you just don't want to change another diaper.  You start to talk up the potty, you buy your kid underpants, you beg a little bit. Despite all that, more...

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Interview with a Toddler: 21 Questions

 October 26, 2012

I got this idea from my bloggy friend Suzanne, but wasn't quite sure Little Man could have handled it a few months ago. To be quite honest, I wasn't quite...

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Your Toddler Needs This...

 October 24, 2012

A while back, I told you about how Little Man was riding a bike. Today I am telling you that your kid needs this same bike. Seriously.
We bought Little Man a

My Winter of Discontent. And Anxiety.

 October 10, 2012

So, around ten years ago, I had finally washed my hands clean of a year long break-up with my college boyfriend. I had a year and change left in grad school and I decided when I was done, I was leaving New England. Connecticut sucked (I...

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Suck It, Princesses

 September 14, 2012

Having a boy and a girl (especially when the boy is your first) is a very interesting parenting dynamic, at least for me. For the first two years of motherhood, at no point did the idea of gender or gender roles even appear on my radar.

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I'm That Friend You Haven't Talked To In Months

 September 5, 2012

You know when you haven't talked to a friend in like 6 months and so much has happened since the last time you talked...but you get on the phone and have nothing to say? Yeah, that's kind of where I am at with this blog. Turns out I am...

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Getting Back On The Bloggy Horse

 July 13, 2012

I don't know if you have noticed, but I haven't been around these parts in...jeez...six weeks? Is that right? It has been a combination of things, least of which is summer mode (which means we are playing and partying hard and bedtime is...

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Out Of The Mouth Of Little Man

 May 31, 2012

One of the great things about toddlers is that you can actually see (and hear) the inner workings of their brain thanks to the fact that they do not possess any sort of inner monologue. The only time there is not some sort of noise...

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"Because I Said So" chronicles the adventures of Michelle Gallerani, a thirty-something part-time working mom of two. Join her as she blogs about the challenges and the fun of juggling a boy, a girl, a job, a husband and her sanity.

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