Dandelion days. A sea of golden yellows dots the yard; they seem to have popped up over night. Having just learned, “April showers bring May flowers,” my son repeats the phrase to himself as he explores each flower. For that is what they are to him: flowers. He hurries to bring me one, […]
Teaching How to Write and Draw Shapes
I’ve mentioned before that my son likes to do things his way. If I try to tell him how to write a letter the right way, he turns me off. Tells me I am wrong. Gets mad. Let’s just say it isn’t pretty. I’ve drawn a lot of dotted letters for him to […]
A Surprising Answer
We all have those moments where we just need to feel like we aren’t doing so bad as a parent after all. I’m not talking about those rare moments when someone tells you, “You’re a great mom.” I’m talking about something the kids do or say that makes you realize you’re raising some […]
Funny Things They’ve Said Lately
Need a Friday laugh? Here are a few of my favorite funny things they’ve said lately… My 5 year-old, holding up a toy of hers that keeps coming apart: “I wish we still had the constructions for this…” When I looked at her kind of funny, she added, “You know, the constructions […]
Hits to the Mommy-Ego
It was a rough day on the ol’ mommy-ego. We were playing store today. My little girl was running the cash register and I played the part of various shoppers. At one point she said, “Now pretend to be a beautiful woman, Mommy.” I laughed and said, “Oh, I have to pretend to […]
