It’s a rainy day here…again. After coloring, playing “doggie” (during which my children beg me for a real puppy again and again), making banana muffins AND orange jello, both kids begged me to play hide and seek with them.
Archive for the ‘ Preschoolers ’ Category
Hide and Seek |
Read the full article!| Posted in Family Life, K-5, Motherhood / Parenthood, Preschoolers | 1 Comment » | Monday, September 6th, 2010 | |
| Labels: Family Life, K-5, Motherhood / Parenthood, Preschoolers |
A Missed Opportunity for Parenting 101 |
Which is worse, do tell me?
| Posted in Family Life, Preschoolers | No Comments » | Sunday, August 15th, 2010 | |
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Disappointment |
My four year-old niece met me halfway down the stairs, wearing a purple and green Tinkebell nightgown and a frown.
“What’s wrong, sweetie?” I asked her, expecting to hear that one of my children had done something wrong.
“Auntie Mel,” she told me sadly, “I’m just trying to fly and I can’t and I really want to.
| Posted in Family Life, Preschoolers | 1 Comment » | Sunday, August 8th, 2010 | |
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Hard Questions |
Yesterday we went to Babies R Us to buy a baby gift for my friend, Brittany, who’s adopting a baby next month. Annabel, my five year-old, helped me to choose a bouncy seat and a set of newborn onesies in shades of brown and pink. While at the check-out, Annabel looked at me and scrunched up her mouth. “When’s Brittany having her baby?”
| Posted in Babies, Family Life, K-5, Preschoolers | 2 Comments » | Friday, August 6th, 2010 | |
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Thanks, Bonnie |
This morning, I was supposed to pick up my parents at the airport. I called to check that their flight was on time, cajoled the kids into going to the bathroom before we left, and headed out for the 25-minute ride. Almost an hour later, due to Tropical Storm Bonnie and three traffic accidents, we pulled up to the Arrivals area.
| Posted in K-5, Preschoolers, Travel | 1 Comment » | Friday, July 23rd, 2010 | |
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The Mechanic |
Like a real man, Luke likes to change the oil in my car while wearing his (backwards) camouflage tightie-whities and (sock-less) sneakers.
I will apologize to him for this post when he’s thirteen and trying to impress the girl who’s sitting next to him in Spanish class.
| Posted in Motherhood / Parenthood, Preschoolers | 1 Comment » | Monday, July 19th, 2010 | |
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Mama Grizzly vs Mama Sea Turtle |
Lately I find myself careening madly between being a mama sea turtle and a mama grizzly bear. While biologist would, no doubt, avoid placing reptilian motherhood on the same scale as mammalian, I can’t help but see my own ability, or inability, to protect my young in these two creatures.
| Posted in Family Life, Feeding / Nutrition, Health, Motherhood / Parenthood, Preschoolers, Relationships, Toddlers | 2 Comments » | Friday, July 16th, 2010 | |
| Labels: Family Life, Feeding / Nutrition, Health, Motherhood / Parenthood, Preschoolers, Relationships, Toddlers |
My “New” Babies |
Antony and I cleaned out our kitchen cabinets last night. We decided to donate anything that we haven’t used in two years. This was of course, being generous to some of our kitchen items, such as the rice cooker and the toaster oven. Some things have hidden themselves at the back our cupboards for five years now. Imagine our surprise to find that rusty pasta strainer, the chipped ceramic bowl we received as a wedding gift, and old candles melted together.
| Posted in Child Development, Family Life, K-5, Preschoolers, Relationships | No Comments » | Friday, July 9th, 2010 | |
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Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be… |
PIRATES.
That’s what Luke likes to play lately. Perhaps it was from watching Peter Pan, or perhaps he picked it up from the black eye patch in his friend’s dress-up box, or perhaps it was the fact that his first face painting experience at the library turned him into a cross between Captain Hook and Julio Iglesias. Wherever the new phase came from, it’s MOSTLY amusing.
| Posted in Family Life, K-5, Preschoolers | 2 Comments » | Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 | |
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To the fellow mother of a 3 and 1 year-old… |
Our actual conversation at the 4th of July block party:
Hi! It’s so good to see you- Penny, where are? You want to go to the playground…?
(20 minutes later) How have you been? Yes, Addy’s walking. And eating grass. Addy, no grass. Yucky. Yucky. Spit it out. Do you want to go eat…?
| Posted in For adults only, Motherhood / Parenthood, Preschoolers, Relationships, Toddlers | 3 Comments » | Monday, July 5th, 2010 | |
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