Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

Okay, Alison’s 17. I’m assuming she’s still fairly innocent, but whatever. Let’s not examine that one too closely.
At this advanced age, she’s going through a nostalgic phase- I suppose it has to do with graduation being ever closer. She keeps talking about “her childhood,” while I try to hide the obvious- that I still consider [...]

I’m always amazed at the ways that growing up in the 80s continues to affect me.
I had a very different idea of what “prom” was, even though I blew my own off. Growing up in the era of John Hughes movies it always seemed like PROM, not prom.
Apparently, at McGehee, it’s clearly more of the [...]

I haven’t had a kid kid at Mardi Gras in years- Alison’s worked the entirety of Carnival the last two years, so I haven’t seen her at all, even though she hardly qualifies as a kid anymore.
 But the girls were excited to find out that we have a Costume Box- I think it’s mandatory that [...]