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.
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Hide and Seek |
Read the full article!| Posted in Family Life, K-5, Motherhood / Parenthood, Preschoolers | 1 Comment » | Monday, September 6th, 2010 | |
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Public School Prayer |
Kindergarten has been good. I don’t know what to truly say about it because I know so little about what happens during the day compared to the mushy, lovey-dovey, religious-based preschool that Annabel attended. I do know that I have to drag my five year-old out of bed in the morning, that she’s more tired than she’s ever been (except for those first 4 colicky months) after a six-hour school day, and that she loves P.E.
| Posted in K-5, Motherhood / Parenthood | No Comments » | Friday, September 3rd, 2010 | |
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U is for Underwear |
One of our favorite book series is the Frances series by Russell Hoban. Frances is a young badger, and her escapades with bedtime battles, friend troubles, picky eating, new babies in the house, and birthday jealousies are accompanied by Frances’s lovely little made-up songs.
| Posted in Books, Family Life, K-5 | No Comments » | Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 | |
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Kindergarten |
My baby girl started kindergarten last week. To be frank, I’m too close to it, too emotional about her growing up, too scared by my own fears about the big elementary school to even write much about it right now. I need some distance, which is strange for me.
| Posted in K-5, Motherhood / Parenthood | No Comments » | Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 | |
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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 | |
| Labels: Babies, Family Life, K-5, Preschoolers |
Stockholm Syndrome |
Dear Nona and Papa,
We’re holding your daughter hostage. Here is our list of demands:
| Posted in Family Life, Feeding / Nutrition, Motherhood / Parenthood, Toddlers | 4 Comments » | Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 | |
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“You Happy Now?”: Teaching My Toddler About Unconditional Love |
Yesterday my two-year-old Lucy, once again, lunged to hug her five-week-old brother while he was in his moving swing. Knowing she was breaking a rule (a lot of new rules have been implemented since the birth of baby Mark), she looked at me while in motion. Sensing my silent disapproval of what she was about to do, she stopped, then ran toward me asking, “You happy now?”
Along with wanting to drink water from a bottle and for me to periodically pat her bottom while she pretends to be a baby, this you-happy-now question has emerged as one of Lucy’s new behaviors since her brother’s birth.
| Posted in Family Life, Motherhood / Parenthood, Toddlers | 1 Comment » | Saturday, July 31st, 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 | |
| Labels: K-5, Preschoolers, Travel |
