So we’re having a rough morning. Not sure why.
Maybe the fact that “Goggy” (grandma) was just here spoiling Quinn for a week while Thor & I were at SxSW and now he’s expecting to have every whim catered to?
Or maybe the news this morning that his “baby cousin” is joining us in the world today [...]

My all time favorite quote of SxSW. When asked what her typical day is like, Heather Armstrong, dooce.com, explained that she spends the morning with her husband and daughter. That she has to “live the content” before she can write about it. Simple, yet terribly insightful.
Since we all like to think of ourselves as characters [...]

I’m actually here. I made the plane reservations. I arranged for my mom to come down and stay with Quinn. I notified all our clients that we’d be in Austin March 10 - 15. But it never actually sunk in that I was travelling, child-free, to SxSW. The first wave of awareness hit me as [...]

Looking out at the cottage being constructed behind our house.
Quinn: Mommy, I want to see the little house, mommy.
We look out the window.
Q: Mommy, when is it going to be a bigger house like the other houses?
Amy: It’s not going to be a bigger house. They built it the size it is. Houses don’t grow.
10 [...]

We’re in the heat of the San Francisco Pre-School Search. We’ve narrowed it down to a few, but really have our eye on one particular school because not only is it a little slice of heaven in the heart of the city, but it goes through 8th grade — which means we get to avoid [...]

Quinn, crying: I can’t find my rubberband.
Amy, handing him a red rubberband: Well, here’s one.
Q: But I can’t find my other one. My BLUE one.
A: So rubberbands are the thing these days, huh?
Q: What, Mommy?
A: You’re really into rubberbands.
Q: Yes. I really love rubberbands today Mommy. And I like them too. I want to find [...]

Quinn: Mommy, do is the same mean?
Amy: It means not different.
Q: Do is different mean?
A: Not the same….
Q: Well, do is no different?
A: The same.
Q: Do is yes different?
A: Different. Not the same.
Q: Do is the same?
A: Not different.
That’s when the headache set in.

My business partner has a sweatshirt he wears on days he bikes into work. On the back it says “One less car on the road.”
So I’m thinking, how about a bumper sticker that says “One less bicycle on the road.”
I think I’d have a lot of fans. Ya, definitely a lot of fans.