First off let me state that I am NOT modest (or apparently proud because I am sharing this with you). That said, I got out of the shower yesterday night and my 4-year-old daughter came running in. Her nightgown hiked up over her belly shouting “Sorry Mom! I didn’t want to have an accent! ”…
Kids
Grammy, Danpa, and Pre-Easter Fun
Since my son is only 2, last year all we did for Easter was have brunch. There was an Easter bunny, but he was probably the scariest one I’ve ever seen. That made this our first year with actual kid-participation. Yes, I know, Easter is next Sunday. My parents were in town last weekend, though, and…
How to Prepare for a Kid to Visit (Short Term) When You Don’t Have Kids
There was a point in time (100 years ago? Ok, really only eight) when I thought to myself “why can’t she just make her kid behave and stop breaking my stuff?” I thought this about a really good friend. Someone I had known for years before they had kids. I actually questioned her parenting techniques…
Another Snow Day… Welcome to the East Coast!
It’s been a slow, cold morning with the 8 inches or so of snow from last-night. The government is shut-down again so I’m at home with Mr. C. We are having a great time d finding things around the house that are not TV to keep us entertained. Valentines cards are a convenient to-do, of…
Visiting Grandma
My 3 year old and I went to visit Grandma today. Now this is my Grandmother. She is 91 years young. We took Grandma to lunch, and on the way back from lunch my child was singing in the back seat. Grandma says “Wow! She sure is a happy little thing! You are doing a…
Parenting Tip For the Day 4
By the time you realize you forgot to put on deodorant … It is too late!
Manners for kids
I really enjoyed this article I stumbled upon (through Pinterest, another new discovery). It gives some simple guidelines for what manners we should be focusing on at different ages for our kids. Mr.C’s first words were airplane, momma, and thank-you, so I’m all on board with this. We are now at the sharing phase, though,…
Parenting Tip for the day 3
If all your Lego people are missing their heads, you find them 2 days latter while picking up dog dirt in the backyard. And no thank you, I did not wash them off and put them back in the lego bin! I can’t explain why the heads taste better than the entire body. You’ll have…
Parenting Tip for the Day
Do you want a little parenting tip? Oh, I’ve got a tip for you! Liquid water enhancer is NOT, I repeat, NOT the same as liquid water ENERGYenhancers. One tiny word on the package will completely change how your day goes. Plus it does NOT, I repeat, NOT give you the same amount of energy…
Potty Training Tip
When working on night-time potty training I found it is not only helpful, but allows more time for sleeping. Layer the child’s vinyl sheet then fitted sheet then the vinyl then another fitted sheet. This allows you when you are woken due to wet pajamas to change the child, strip one set of sheets, without…