Both my kids are still registered in daycare. Yes, even though I am staying home with them now I can always bring them in for a daily rate. It's call "drop in" status and hangs there like a trapeze net to catch me if I fall. Not that I think I will fall or anything... Of course I could always drop them off at one of my "non-working" cousins' homes. But for not working … [Read more...]
That one time the Wet Brush didn’t work :(
There are some battles that I just don't have the strength to fight. Like the full out run-at-the-walls-with-siege-engines-and-swords battle I had with my five year old diva on Friday night. I was tired, stressed about the next day's speech recording for school (which was a story for another post) so when Pea put up a fight about braiding her hair before bed, I let her sleep … [Read more...]
Don’t be that girl, little one. Just don’t.
Have you ever listened to an argument debating nature vs. nurture? They get heated! You might have even vehemently argued one side over another at some point. Did you finally have children and found out the answer? It's both. It's nature and nurture. My daughter has it in her to be Regina George (If you didn't get that reference go watch "Mean Girls!") … [Read more...]
Encouraging Independence with a Kid’s Pantry
Having a preschooler and kindergartener is great! They are independent and willing to get what they want. This is what struck me as I moved the chair from the counter back to the kitchen table for the hundredth time today. I took a long, hard look at how the cupboards were arranged in our home--and they were found wanting. When I was working and we were … [Read more...]
A bit more time
photo source I have had a love affair with books my entire life. There was nothing that I enjoyed more than escaping into another world through the pages of a book. I knew “Winter was coming” years (maybe a decade?) before Game of Thrones debuted on HBO. When my nose was not immersed in a book, I escaped into worlds that I built in my own mind. Worlds … [Read more...]