By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough Princesses have infiltrated my world. It began with a nostalgia for Aladdin on a rainy afternoon and morphed into 13 books, every G-rated movie with a princess-looking character on the cover, 23 dolls, 2 crowns, and 1 trip to Disney on Ice. We are living in castles and [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough When I said to my son: Where do you want to have your birthday party? He yelled: ROMP N’ ROLL! I even double-checked and offered other options because this is the second year in a row that we’ve had a birthday party at Romp n’ Roll, but he [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough Nature and I have never been friends. The one time I went camping with Scott, I woke him up every 30 minutes for NOISES. I refer to hiking as forced marches and insects make me leap into the air like I’ve caught fire. Also, falling leaves do that [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough I reached a point in parenting, not too long ago, where I raised my eyes to the heavens, shook my fist and yelled: WHY CAN’T I HAVE NICE THINGS. Things my children broke (in no particular order): 15 necklaces of mine including one with handmade beads by my [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough I had to stop myself at nine and give myself an ultimatum for number ten. Otherwise, it was just depressing. 1. Teaching my children about time. Because now “I’ll be done in a second” means I get exactly ONE SECOND to do it. PS. It took me five seconds to [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough I walk into my coffee shop. Barista: Your usual? (I use up all my creativity writing, OKAY?) Me: Not today. (Oh, my usual is a cappuccino and a croissant. But only at this particular coffee shop. I’m too intimidated by all the -iatos and -attes at Starbucks to [...]
By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough My mom, daughter and I walked into a local restaurant to have a quick lunch before picking up my son from preschool. My daughter and I frequented the place about twice a month for the most of fall and winter. As we entered, the waitress gave us a [...]
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, [...]
