http://www.pinkpajamamama.com Motherhood in the dressing room of a 1940's movie star Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:26:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Uncle Calvert, Calvy for short, came striding to our family gathering at the park with a huge smile on his moon-like face. His thinning black hair was slicked to one side and he was wearing a t-shirt sporting a pair of naked women's breasts across his chest, causing all the ... http://www.pinkpajamamama.com/?p=260 The other day, my 72-year-old father told me he wants to get his chest and back waxed. "What? Are you crazy? Do you know how much that will hurt? You look fabulous just the way you are!" I replied."My hell, Marci, I should be living in a tree eating bamboo!"My ... http://www.pinkpajamamama.com/?p=262 A baby dragon was born in my living room this morning. “Mommy, come see!” Henry said, leading me by the hand in his red Spiderman underwear. He led me to the side of the couch and held out his hand like a showgirl on The Price is Right. “A baby ... http://www.pinkpajamamama.com/?p=266 We decided to visit the nonfiction children's section of the West Tisbury library today just to mix things up. Henry wanted a book on Superman, and it occurs to me that we weren't able to find it because any books on the caped crusader would have been in fiction, but ... http://www.pinkpajamamama.com/?p=265 Today when we left the beach, Henry was hungry and tired and cranky and as he dragged his little feet through the sand, he said, "Mom? You are a pain in the ass!"Out of the mouth of babes! I explained to him that "pain in the ass" is a "grown-up" ... http://www.pinkpajamamama.com/?p=264 Today was what we, in Babyworld, would call "a doozy." I was baking away as usual and Annabelle became entranced by the container flour on the table. She ran to her own little kitchen and pulled out her little pots and pans and started mixing away. I figured it would ... http://www.pinkpajamamama.com/?p=121 Ah this endless battle--to create, to accomplish, to achieve, to write, dance, sing...and the impossibility of doing any of this when all your energy goes into being a mom, a wife, keeper of home and hearth.  I make this my art, but I feel so much pressure to actually do ... http://www.pinkpajamamama.com/?p=253 My mother would make a brilliant scientific study--this is a 72-year-old woman in perfect health who has pretty much lived on candy and dessert her entire life. You may think I jest, but let me give you an example. She came to help me out when I had my second ... http://www.pinkpajamamama.com/?p=261 Letter to Times Picayune As my daughter just entered Kindergarten in New Orleans, I recently took a tour of several schools in the area. I was appalled! Most of the schools I toured were upscale private schools, the best education New Orleans has to offer, and yet unhealthy environments for young ... http://www.pinkpajamamama.com/?p=259 When I was pregnant with my first child, I was hungry to connect with other mothers so I read every magazine and article on pregnancy and parenting I could find. What I took away from this information is that parenting is hard, grueling, exhausting, and scary. This left me unprepared ... http://www.pinkpajamamama.com/?p=257