By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough The Characters: Me = Me. E = My four-year-old son. N = My two-year-old daughter who was either missing or napping. Scott = My husband, their dad and the smartest man I know to not know stuff. The Scene: Family room in Richmond, Virginia with a kitchen twenty [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough I never feel more dumb than when my children reach the age of two. (I clearly don’t have teenagers yet.) Because Why is the sky blue?, Why is water wet?, and Why did that bird poop on our car? were not on my SATs or MCATs nor did my [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough Last week, my mom and I attended the 66th Annual Junior League Book and Author Dinner. That’s right MY MOM AND I. I can’t remember the last time my mom and I did anything without our regular entourage of kids, spouses, sisters. Three years ago? The best part, [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough My daughter didn’t sleep well for most of our spring break. I also coughed for the entire week like a smoker started a poker tournament in my lungs. And it all came to a head Friday afternoon: I’m trying to put N to sleep at my mom’s house. [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough Richmondmom.com has been posting a series on getting in-shape, which as a doctor, I am all for. Of course, I quit medicine so I thought that I would share some of my best fitness plans for moms who quit things. Running! Sign up for the Monument Ave 10K. [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough We pull into the parking lot and the playground is within view. Other people’s children are everywhere. My four year old son, E: Look! Friends! Me: Look! Potential disasters! Disaster 1: The kids don’t want anything to do with my son. This is the easiest to handle if [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough I hate Daylight Savings Time. I don’t need extra day light in MARCH. If anyone needs it, it’s in THE WINTERTIME. Seriously though, can’t we just accept the light and sun and time as is? WHY ARE WE MESSING WITH TIME? My kids are already circadian-rhythm messes. Like [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at LateEnough.com I attended the Picasso exhibit for the media extravaganza at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on February 17, which mostly consists of muffins and awkward conversations. And a disappointing lack of blue or one-eyed media personalities. However, walking through 10 rooms of 176 painting by Picasso is breathtaking. [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough I wanted to write a funny Valentine’s day piece, but I just can’t get Saturday morning out of my head. I was at a coffee shop in line behind a little girl and her mom. The dark-haired girl, who was may have been five, turned to her mom [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough When E was 18 months old, he started showing interest in the potty. Being a first time mom, I took my genius to the doctor and got ready to buy underroos. My doctor may or may not have snickered. And said it was normal for E to show [...]
