Posted in Miscellaneous on Nov 17th, 2009
One word: Distraction.
It’s one of the best lessons I ever learned from my kids’ paternal grandmother.
Toddlers have notoriously short attention spans. They also have very few resources from which to draw to know how to effectively and calmly express their emotions. The result? A little person with unpredictable moods and unstable actions.
Distraction is simple, really. [...]
Posted in Discussion of the day, Miscellaneous on Nov 11th, 2009
I was browsing through Tweets today for a bit when I ran across a link someone had posted to what was presumably a blog post. It was entitled, “Do you apologize to your kids?” I didn’t follow the link because I wanted to write my own thoughts on the subject without any other input.
My answer [...]
Posted in Discussion of the day, Miscellaneous on Nov 2nd, 2009
My post from last February about homework in kindergarten has attracted such a large number of readers, I decided to revisit the subject.
This year I have another kindergartner and the homework that started to trickle in at the beginning of the year has been gaining speed by the week.
Last week, when I went on my [...]
Posted in Giveaways!, Miscellaneous on Oct 28th, 2009
Congratulations to
Gianna Kranenberg of Cambridge, MN, for winning the Secrets of Happy Families giveaway.
Congratulations also to
Sandra Lopez of El Paso, TX, on winning the Baking Kids Love cookbook giveaway.
Thanks to all who entered!
Posted in Humor on Oct 23rd, 2009
1. On weekends or other free mornings, your kids inevitably wake up at an unearthly hour, making it difficult, if not impossible, depending on their age, for you to catch a few extra zzs.
2. Conversely, on school mornings or when they have to get up by a certain time, your kids are sure to be [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Oct 22nd, 2009
Perhaps you’ve read my post about our incredibly unreliable and irresponsible Tooth Fairy? Well, this mystical collector of teeth has sunk to new lows.
After days of watching in dismay as Cody woke up every morning, all excited about the money that should have been left under his pillow for his tooth, he finally decided that [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Oct 17th, 2009
Well, someone had to do it. So when I stumbled across the link to the Blogger’s Choice Awards, I had to nominate myself.
You see, I’ve noticed these fancy blog awards on other bloggers’ sites that have caused me some major drooling issues. Oh, what I wouldn’t give for some sort of parenting blog award (my [...]
Posted in Humor, Miscellaneous on Oct 7th, 2009
Logan’s ongoing and long-term baby obsession has taken on a new low.
Called to school to pick up the aforementioned child early because he had an on-again, off-again headache and tummy ache, I was leading my offspring, who didn’t seem sick at all, past the playground on our way to the van when his kindergarten teacher [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Oct 5th, 2009
Like most sane people, I’m not a big fan of rodents, particularly when I come upon them unexpectedly.
So imagine my shock, disgust, and the length of my backward jump when I ran across this:
OK, so admittedly it doesn’t look nearly as realistic in a close-up picture, but trust me, from five feet and four inches [...]
Posted in Discussion of the day, Miscellaneous on Sep 30th, 2009
We know we can’t do everything, so why do we try?
More importantly, why do we constantly beat ourselves up for not being able to do it all? I know there are countless times a week when I mentally berate myself for not getting X, Y and Z done. Am I alone here or is this [...]
