I got to see the show yesterday afternoon in Richardson, Texas and came home feeling both vindication but also enlightened. The very last line about wanting to be able to say that "these were the happiest days of my life" will not leave me. I'm going to try and apply this perspective to my life now, which is raising three little girls 6 and under. Thank you so much. I wish alll women who have kids or plan on having kids could see this.
— Reviewer: Anne Pfeiffer

Absolutely brilliant!! Thanks for bringing to life so much of what I have been experiencing for the past 7 years, starting with the "birth plan!" I felt like you have been watching me with hidden cameras and stealing my thoughts! It was the combination of "Perfect Madness" the book meets "The Far Side." The insights of Amy weere absolutely spot on! It was such a treat to be able to laugh at ourselves and the ridiculous corners of the world we have painted ourselves into. Thanks for bringing this to Phoenix. PLEASE COME BACK SOON!
— Reviewer: Chylon Brigham

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"THE PERFECT NIGHT OUT!"
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"PITHY, POIGNANT, AND FEARLESS!"
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"HILARIOUS!"
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"LIKE ANNIE HALL WEARING A NURSING BRA!"
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Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

I have always taken solace in the fact that while my children can be total handfuls, they do not lie. I figured it was a maturity thing, and the day would come when they could lie to my face without compunction. But up until now, they have had a complete inability to do so, even when they knew the truth was not something I wanted to hear.

MOMMY: Cooper! Did you dump out this hot cocoa all over the floor?
COOPER: (his face crumpling, in anticipation of what is to come) Ye-essss.... (abject sobbing)

But those halcyon days are, apparently, over. As of this week, all three of my children have become pathological fibbers.

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The power of princess

When cnn.com published an essay of mine a few weeks back, about my apprehension at having a girl after two boys, it got extremely varied reactions. (If you're here now, you probably know that already, but in case you don't, you might want to read this first. Things were lively around here for a while.)

People took issue with what I said for so many different reasons I stopped keeping track, but the one I found the strangest was the women who wrote me saying, "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PRINCESSES?"

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