Unlecturing
I love that I finally seem to have developed the ability to lecture my 14yr old daughter about life lessons in a way that is goofy and fun, and very UNlecture-y. Just had a long conversation with her about the … Continued
Maeven quote from age 7
Just found this on a piece of paper: “Today I saw a great blue heron and a white heron! They are very neat! Also we saw 4 turtles. And lots and lots of little ducks. One black duck kept following … Continued
Nakey butt
Just got to bed & found Tyr (bed next to me) kicked his covers off & tshirt he’s wearing (mine) is hiked up, revealing little nakey butt.
“the gift of giving”–sorta different perspective?
i mean “the gift of giving” in a little different sense. usually its used to mean that its a gift of giving something to someone, right? i am thinking of it in terms of giving my kids the gift of … Continued
time to drag out my playful parenting book
tyren is seriously exhausting us. just in the past couple weeks he has been throwing the most hideous tantrums and fighting us on everything, and i mean EVERYTHING. good god its exhausting. i’m crossing my fingers its just a phase … Continued
Violence is not child’s play
have i ever posted about the lion and lamb project? i can’t remember. from their website: “The mission of The Lion & Lamb Project is to stop the marketing of violence to children. We do this by helping parents, industry … Continued
blueberry milk
so i’m on a bit of a healthier food kick right now…and while talking about healthy food at the table the other day, maeven asked for blueberry milk. well, i just happened to have blueberries and milk, so what the … Continued
random thoughts, killing time
tyren is behind me on the couch, watching “little einsteins”, hopefully getting sleepy. this is our night time routine for him…he falls asleep on the couch while i work/play on the computer. tonight has been hard to get either one … Continued
the day has finally come when i can say…
my son is a GREAT SLEEPER! i never thought i would reach this moment. tyren was a horrid sleeper for all his babyhood and into toddlerhood…he moved constantly. kicking, wiggling, smacking me in his sleep…he’d often wake up crying. there … Continued