I apologize in advance if you’re not as excited about alliteration as I am. 1. Touch tactics. Instead of yelling from across the room, get your child’s attention by making physical contact. Then, with him looking you in the eye, make your request (i.e., brush your teeth, clean up your toys, etc.). While this won’t […]
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Think GREEN!
Not green like reduce, reuse, recycle. Green like St. Patrick’s Day. Seeing as almost half of our family is named Patrick, St. Patrick’s Day gets a lot of attention at our house. We started last week with a GREEN scavenger hunt. Both little kids have a Vtech – Kidizoom Digital Camera (which I highly recommend especially […]
Who knew we were French?
As I perused the January issue of Parents Magazine*, I came across an interesting article that explored the differences in American versus French parenting styles. The author describes her emergence from an over-protective, gear-laden America to a laid back, parent-centered France. While I’m not sure I would send my preschooler on an overnight, teacher-chaperoned, trip across […]
Decisions, Decisions
Whoever would’ve thought that my biggest decisions as a mom with kids in tow would be stuff like… *Should I wake up the sleeping child so he’ll have plenty of time to get ready but be cranky OR let him get up on his own so he’s well-rested but I’m cranky because we’re running late. *What […]
The Only Wrapping Paper You'll Ever Need
If you know me well (or have been following this blog long enough), you know I like simple, inexpensive, pragmatic solutions for life. I get even more excited if said solution gets my kids involved. So without further ado, let me introduce to the only wrapping paper you’ll ever need. For gifts from the kids, I wrap […]
Sometimes
We made a conscious decision when we started having children that I would be their full-time caretaker. I truly think it’s the best thing for my kids and I love having them in tow for most of their waking hours. But sometimes… …when I have to listen to screaming, crying, and whining at 8AM all […]
Bah Hum Bug
UPDATE: Apprently Our Daily Bread is thinking about this topic, too. Read Presents or Presence?. —————————– Original post follows… My kids: Mom, why don’t we decorate like that? (Pointing to a beautifully lighted house complete with candles in the windows, wreaths on the doors, and an inflatable Santa rocking on horse…yes, it was actually rocking back […]
25 days and counting…
Today marks the first day of our annual Christmas chain. Every year since PJ was 3, we’ve created an old-fashioned, red and green, Christmas-countdown-chain. Actually, it’s an old-fashioned, red and green, Christmas-countdown-prayer-chain. On every link we list friends and family in our life. Every night, the kids take down a link and we pray for the […]