***Note Just like you, your child is an individual- whether 2 weeks, 2 years or 20 years old, your child is still your child and it can be immensely frustrating if you have a food issue. After all, this wonderful child you carried/adopted/fostered has his/her own sense of taste and you can’t make it … [Read more…]
Board Books Witzy’s Halloween Ghost – Suzy Spafford Pop-Up Haggis’s Cookies – P.Z. Mann Read Aloud for Pre-school + There was an old lady who swallowed a bat – Lucille Colandro Who said Boo? Halloween poems for the very young – Nancy White Carlstrom Inside a House that is Haunted: a rebus read-along story – … [Read more…]
Who says being a middle child is difficult? She’s big enough to be a big kid, smart enough to do her sister’s homework, and such a loveable caring child. She’s also hilarious. While she’s middle of the road in height (she finally passed the 3ft mark!) she’s at the 10%ile for weight. She and her … [Read more…]
It’s that time of year! Late August and early September spell out b-a-c-k-t-o-s-c-h-o-o-l for many of us. Making that transition, especially that ‘first’ day of Kindergarten, pre-school, or day care is often a difficult one, causing children to be nervous about leaving “everything” behind them for so long. My first child just embarked on her … [Read more…]
Either you’ve had that big day already, or you’re going to soon, it’s back to school time! Want the perfect snack? How about the world’s best chocolate chip cookies? Want the recipe? Keep reading! You can make it a smooth transition for younger children by having them welcome the big kid(s) home on the first … [Read more…]
Is it just me, or didn’t summer used to last forever? From the time the dampness of spring rains settled into a blazing heat, we played all day, running in and out of doors, sneaking popsicles from the freezer, carrying errant kittens helter-skelter, tracing words in the dirt… for hours and hours until it was … [Read more…]
We’ve been going to our local place since K was about 1.5 — so about 4 years now! Time flies!! Last time (2 weeks ago) she read a few of the stories!
As I was washing windows for the first time in oh… a year.. I was thinking about my mom. How she said that the minute she cleaned, we’d run up to the sparkling windows, press our fingers and noses on the glass and say ‘PRETTY MOMMY!’ I wondered how long these clean windows would last … [Read more…]
Well, someone mentioned that I hadn’t posted very many pictures of our middle one lately, so here you go. She’s 2.5 and trying on all the bad attitude. But she is still 100% loving underneath it all. I’m hoping that good nature pulls through and rises above! When she came home from the hospital, I … [Read more…]