Birthday

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Squeezing in a date before the birthday gala

By singlemomseeking ⋅ April 7, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

Thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes!
While my little sister and Mae baked the 8th birthday ice skating cake (above) — which turned into a frosting party that yours truly got to clean up — I went on a date with the Biologist. We went downtown to a little swank bar, where [...]

My baby is eight today…

By singlemomseeking ⋅ April 4, 2008 ⋅ 15 comments

Mae shares her birthday with: Author Maya Angelou who turns 80 today and is partying with Oprah Winfrey. Maya Angelou was a single mother at age 17.
What I’m baking at this very moment to wake Mae up with, singing: blueberry muffins.
What she read last night: Ivy and Bean.
A poem that Mae wrote for me recently: [...]

What my dad says this morning, by email

By singlemomseeking ⋅ March 30, 2008 ⋅ 13 comments

“I would love to get Mae a bike for her birthday. Is that her dream?
Love,
DAD
P.S. Re-read your book last night.”
Note to self: I’d better get my dad a new book to read.
Any suggestions? He loves to read memoirs.
Photo: Mae feeding her Grandpa some birthday cake.

Help. The ex-boyfriend wants to come to my kid’s birthday party…

By singlemomseeking ⋅ March 29, 2008 ⋅ 10 comments

It all started last week, when we were passing through the Israeli’s neighborhood and Mae piped up: “I wanna see him!”
I called, and he said, “Sure, come on over.”
I gently told Mae in the car that we were just stopping in to say “hello,” and then going home. Making boundaries is not my best trait, [...]