It’s bedtime. The kids have brushed their teeth. Peanut has used the potty; Monkey is in his jammies. It’s Peanut’s turn to get in her jammies and then it’s reading time. In 20 or so minutes all will be quiet and Mommy and Daddy can have time alone, or so I think…
Where’s the Belly Poker?
I always enjoy the sometimes very humorous language mix ups/created words that toddlers and preschoolers have. Today’s latest from my daughter occurred while she and her brother were playing this morning. She was looking for something in one of the toy drawers. When I asked her what she was looking for, she replied, “I’m looking […]
The Present Man
Each day when I rock my son to sleep for his nap I give my 3 year old daughter something quiet to do at the kitchen table. Sometimes its coloring with markers, sometimes its a puzzle, sometimes its listening to a book recording… Once my son is asleep, I join her in the activity. Today, […]
Who needs to sit in a dark theater anyway?
Recently my husband and I have really been trying to have “date night“. Every week, usually on Tuesday, we drop the kids off for a couple hours at their grandparents’ house and catch dinner. If it’s nice outside we might take a walk; at Christmas time we used the time to shop for […]
Ending the Terrible Two’s with a Bang
With my birthday having been this week (Am I really that old?), I can’t help but think back to our last birthday in the household – my 3 year old daughter’s… I believe Peanut spent the entire week before her 3rd birthday pulling out all the terrible two tricks she could. It was […]
