Move over, Sarah Silverman. Step aside, Whoopi Goldberg. Not so fast, Ellen DeGeneres. Make room for … Maevy Gravy. Maybe.
This was a conversation in our house a few days ago:
Miss M: Mommmmay!
Yours Truly: Yes, Maeve?
Miss M: Knock! Knock!
Yours Truly, after realizing my child is actually about to attempt a joke: Who’s There?
Miss M: MEEEE!!! (She [...]
At noon today Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed the paid family leave bill into law, calling it a “legacy moment” and a “moral necessity.”
Beginning January 1, 2009 payroll deductions will begin being taken, and employees will be eligible to take up to six weeks of paid time off beginning July 1, 2009.
More than 12 years [...]
I was uber-excited to receive my review copy of “That Baby CD” and “That Baby DVD.”
Like … Could. Not Wait.
Teased by the prospect of “acoustic cover versions of songs made popular by artists like Fleetwood Mac, Neil Diamond, The Pretenders, Joni MItchell and others. This is music the whole family can enjoy,” I worked to [...]
As published in the Spring AFTH newsletter — click my mama column logo at the right to access the complete newsletter:
Every so often I read — or even am told by virtual strangers — that adoption is scary. Some of these folks are prospective adoptive parents considering whether or how adoption fits in their lives, [...]
Earth Day cupcakes to share with Maeve’s class and homemade newspaper packets with flower seeds for each of her little friends to take home and plant with their family.
(No critiquing my confection continents, folks. It’s no secret that cookin’ or bakin’ ain’t my thing. Add in geography, and one had better admire the outcome with a [...]
I could tell you all about my jaunt to the circus with Miss Maeve last weekend. I could, but then I’d have to tell you how we:
1) broke the dry-underwear streak that had reached a record five days
2) and then again just an hour later
3) and that ill-prepared me grabbed two pair of extra underwear before [...]
And here are my contributions to the “Out of the Mouths of Babes” and “Kids Say the Darndest Things” files:
Maeve is now beginning to make some serious progress in potty training. During a recent expedition to T*rget with Maeve, I found myself in the bathroom three times.
Three. Times. (I soon realized her telling me she [...]
Good news!
Today the New Jersey Senate gave its final nod of approval, 21-15, to the Paid Family Leave bill – it now sits on Gov. Jon Corzine’s desk awaiting his signature, something he has pledged to do. Once signed, the bill goes into effect July 2009.
As explained here before (please see the Paid Adoption Leave tab [...]
Something exciting is abrewin’ here in mamagigi’s land, but it’s too soon to divulge. Of course, there’s no guarantee it will actually be a to-do to anyone but moi.
Still, though, can’t ya just feel the electricity?
