Being a mother brings with it a lot love and kisses and hugs and yummy smelling babies, but it also brings a lot of tough decisions too. I’ve never been the type of mom who was against her child playing with toy weapons. I’ve never seen the harm in it; after all, they are just kids with imaginations. I’ve had several friends in my life who have been 100% against allowing their kids to use or play with toy weapons and it always seemed like a failed effort because their kids would end up making a weapon out of a stick or legos or any other toy they could get their hands on. The ironic thing about this whole decision I’ve made, is that I DO worry about letting my children play military video games like Call of Duty. My oldest son is an avid fan of the game and
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With patience and careful practice Nora has finally mastered silverware! Well, perhaps I should say ‘the fork.’ She apparently is confused between the spoon and the fork and treats the spoon like a fork. She mashes her food with the head of the spoon and cuts it to pieces. Then she screams with anger when she can’t stab it and bring it to her mouth. This video, however, features Nora at her best. Watch almost 13-month-old Nora eat with a fork! How are your children with their silverware?
Ahhh…Isaac is finally asleep as I breathe a sigh of relief. Now as soon as I can put him in the crib I can take a hot bath and read the next chapter in my book, which is my idea of a good time! My husband and stepdaughter already know the drill, as do the dogs…NO ONE is to make a sound while I carry out this challenging mission. I quietly carry him into his room and begin carefully lowering him down like he is a bomb, and the smallest noise or movement could trigger an explosion, or in our case a screaming, wide-awake baby. A baby who, if woken, will need at least another 10-15 minutes of shushing and walking and soothing to get back to sleep. Now my son is not usually a problem to put to bed, but he has had a yucky cold complete with constantly
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I’m going to start out by saying that I know good and well I’m not the only mom who hates doing laundry which allows me the right to complain about it every single DAY. It’s totally a legit whine. Laundry. UGH. Just the sound of the word makes me cringe. Why couldn’t it be named something cheerful and fun sounding like star love or heaven glory? No, it’s just laundry. I will admit the poor beings that live in this house with me are very familiar with the term “clean pile.” They can almost guarantee, each morning as they get ready for the day and complain about not having any clothes to wear, they’ll hear me scream, “GO DIG THROUGH THE CLEAN PILE!” The clean pile can be conveniently found either on the couch, the kitchen table, the living room floor, my bed, or even still inside the dryer, all
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My most recent Nora-related purchase was a baby gate. Nora has always been adventurous but recently she has become fast! She can disappear without me noticing and almost always heads straight for the laundry room (or perhaps I should call it a laundry nook. There are no doors). In addition to the trash can and recycling bin being in the laundry room, there are all sorts of dangerous things I don’t want Nora getting into. Nora’s favorite time to make a dash for it is when I’m going to the bathroom; how convenient! The day I installed the baby gate Nora gave the baby gate the meanest look she possibly could. I could tell by the look she gave that she and this baby gate were not going to get along. When Garrett called and I informed him I had purchased a baby gate he laughed and said, “How is
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I’d like to share a list of the various beat downs that have occurred recently at the daycare just so you know what kind of dangerous environment I work in! And don’t feel too bad for Isaac because he joins in too, uh-oh! Maybe it was the full moon, or maybe it was because most of these juvenile offenders are either two or close to turning two, but something had gotten these little boys and girls all riled up. Seriously, they are not normally like this!!! 1. Slapping in the face 2. Biting 3. Pulling hair 4. Stepping on 5. Pushing 6. Pulling shirts 7. And to top it off we have the infamous “I’m sorry for hurting you my friend, now let me hug you to say sorry” which quickly turns into “Oh wait now I am feeling rowdy again and I will turn this hug into a push and
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