So I get a “friend” request from some woman named Brooke Beamer on Facebook. I click “ignore.”
A week later (this evening), she requests my friendship again, but she adds this note:
I’m not sure if this is the Mack I’m looking for. I’m looking for a friend from Camp Winnataska who has a sister named Mindy. [...]
Maddie the Toddler turned 3 last weekend, so we decided to throw a “Three-esta” and invite all our neighbors with children (and a few without) for fun with quesadillas, a pinata, Fanta, and tequila. I even told everyone they could park in the front yard and wear wife-beater tank tops.
Then I got really excited [...]
I found a post from Immoral Matriarch that inspired me to, like she did, list some of my favorite Muskrat moments from last year:
May: Muskrat is invited to speak at a local elementary school and posts the questions the children ask in Answers to the Children’s Questions. He is unlikely to be asked to return.
June: [...]
11.08on elimination
At 6:50 this morning, I was in Musktopia. I was frolicking on lake shores, eating shell crackers and kicking some beaver ass. A previously unnoticed beaver rose from his dam with warpaint on his face and a bow in his hand. His battle cry of “Ahgopotty Ahgopotty Ahgopotty!” was my only warning. An arrow came [...]
I figure if my mancave can win me $100, perhaps my toddler can bring me some dough too. Here’s the little one, competing in the “2 and under” category for cutest Halloween picture in the Parent Bloggers Network giveaway, sponsored by Blurb.com.
Not that they even came close to competing with my little one, but some [...]



