Be sure and check out A Dose of Humor, my column at 5 Minutes for Parenting! It’s a funny one this week (and one that I can relate to!!), from Amy at Flexible Dreams. Ali got her first jar of Play-Dough last week at the camping trip in her “Prize Pack”.She is amazed at how […]
Sweet Dreams are Made of This. . .
We’ve had several discussions with Ali about dreams recently. Because if you want to get some random thoughts from a kid, there’s no better way to do it than to ask about their dreams. And it’s never too early to start, right? A couple of weeks ago, right after she woke up from a nap, […]
Can She Get College Credit for This? . . .Or Maybe Preschool. . .
Ali and I have been “playing” with shapes, letters, numbers and colors lately. She has gotten to a point where she can be focused for a longer period of time, and she really enjoys these type of learning games. So I bought her two big tubs of foam shapes, letters and numbers – AND they […]
Can She Get College Credit for This? . . .Or Maybe Preschool. . .
Ali and I have been “playing” with shapes, letters, numbers and colors lately. She has gotten to a point where she can be focused for a longer period of time, and she really enjoys these type of learning games. So I bought her two big tubs of foam shapes, letters and numbers – AND they […]
Can She Get College Credit for This? . . .Or Maybe Preschool. . .
Ali and I have been “playing” with shapes, letters, numbers and colors lately. She has gotten to a point where she can be focused for a longer period of time, and she really enjoys these type of learning games. So I bought her two big tubs of foam shapes, letters and numbers – AND they […]
Can She Get College Credit for This? . . .Or Maybe Preschool. . .
Ali and I have been “playing” with shapes, letters, numbers and colors lately. She has gotten to a point where she can be focused for a longer period of time, and she really enjoys these type of learning games. So I bought her two big tubs of foam shapes, letters and numbers – AND they […]
Does "Tough Love" mean Tough on the Parents or the Kids? Both.
Ali is one of those toddlers who wakes up fairly often in her sleep. She sleeps long, but it is usually interrupted. Sometimes I have to go in and pat her and tell her to go back to sleep, and sometimes she goes back to sleep on her own. Usually at night she doesn’t wake […]
Bumbleflies and punkins
Ali and I went to the Great Pumpkin Patch yesterday with Jaci, Mia and Averi, Greta and Sam, and a few of Greta’s friends. It was much fun! (Incidentally, Jaci and Greta beat me to the punch and already have posts up about our trip!) Here are Ali and I:Sam was a daring little adventurer […]
My "Musical" Daughter
Why is it that 99% of videos taken of toddlers turn out to be outtakes? Ali had been happily and steadily playing the guitar with Daddy for at least 5 minutes. Daddy was even changing up the chords and made it sound like music. I get out the camera, and this is what transpires:Oh well. […]
Three Abrupt Subject Changes
I’m curious. . . of those 20 and 30-something year old Moms out there. . . do you ever feel (like I do) conspicuous still shopping at the stores you shopped at before you were a mom? Do you feel like all of the workers are staring at you judgementally as you stroll your toddler(s) […]