I don’t know about you, but my Friday got off to a fun start.  Our toddler woke up happy (after finally sleeping through the night after 3 nights of tossing and turning and crying on and off), however, his mood went downhill fast and he ultimately was carried out to the car while screaming.  About halfway through the drive, his mood finally lifted – I was thrilled!  I could hear giggling from him and his sister, and took a peek in the mirror only to realize they were laughing because Enzo was tearing apart his toast and throwing it all over the back seat.  Sigh.  So… Friday!

Considering I had surgery last week, this article about how anesthesia works was interesting.

The answer to why your body does that flailing thing right before you fall asleep.

An interesting read about a couple of MLM essential oil companies and certain claims they make.

If Michael Bay directed Up.

And, finally. We went ahead and watched Divergent last night… and sadly it followed the books fairly closely, which meant that for the first 3/4 of the movie Josh was confused and experienced the same “Wait… what?” moments I had while reading the book. Watch this trailer instead. 😉

TGIF.

I’m currently recovering from hernia surgery, and while the pain is much better today, I’m still finding it easiest to stay in bed.  Anyhoo…

Some death-defying photos for you.  There’s no way you’d catch me doing pretty much all of those.

Librarian reviews of children’s books and more. I kind of have to agree with Green Eggs and Ham.

Terrible real estate agent photos will make selling these houses hard.

Love this Motherhood Series that Cup of Jo does.  This particular interview about parenting in Germany was really interesting.

Happy Weekend!

Happy Weekend!

I may be the only one who finds stuff like this interesting, but as a parent, I think this annual report on how kids are doing across the U.S. is really intriguing.

I’ve seen this a few times this week, but an artist recreates his childhood doodles as digital illustrations.

What word describes you today?  I’m wise. 😉

And a great Word Count infographic because I love me some infographics. See the full graphic by clicking below.

If you’re an overthinker, you’ll sympathize.

At first daytime fireworks sound boring, but they’re cool in a completely different way.

Heard there is talk that Rainbow Brite might get a reboot.

How countries around the world think about parenting. Good read.

And, the songs of summer since 1962.

Happy Friday!

It goes without saying, but I’m really looking forward to the weekend, especially the part where Josh and I go out on a date for our anniversary.  Hooray!  How about some fun/interesting links, though?

An interesting article on why all the cartoon mothers are dead. (I didn’t agree with everything, but it was an interesting read).

This Kickstarter campaign for the Coolest cooler ever.

Something to think about the next time you get irritated at someone.

The 7 struggles of the Overthinker.

And…