Tantrums and Toddlers!
It has been a long time since I have been home with just one child. It has also been a while since I have had a toddler running around. I almost forgot about the tantrums and how toddlers are always testing their limits. Well, here I am, spending my days with a darling and very vivacious toddler girl. I don’t think I really noticed what a stinker she could be until the older children left for school. I tell you what, she can throw one mean tantrum. I have been so busy with all the children that she has been able to run free. I would have the older children chasing her and helping me out. To be perfectly honest, I find her to be a bit out of control. So, the teaching, the time outs and the discipline have begun. I may just have to wipe the dust off one
Girls Will Be Girls
In a prior post over at Tween Beat, I wrote a post entitled, Boys Will Be Boys. Well, I adore my boy AND I adore my girl. Why is it that boys are so different then girls? My son and daughter are so different!! Girl’s are so much more emotional and sensitive!! Don’t get me wrong, my little girl can swing a mean light saber, but she is so different. Why is it that when my little Paige cries my heart breaks into a million little pieces? Why is it that when she plays ponies or princesses my heart melts? I think I know why! I get it, I understand, I am a girl too. I am emotional, sensitive and nurturing by nature. Raising darling little girl’s is such a gift. Not only is it a gift and responsibility, but it is also difficult and confusing and wonderful!! During a
Celebrate Each Baby!
So I said it…I believe every baby coming into this world should be celebrated! I don’t care if it is baby #1 or baby #6 – the new Mom/Baby should have some type of celebration! I think the “proper etiquette” says a Mother should only have a baby shower for her first baby!! It doesn’t have to be a fancy baby shower…….a lunch out with friends or casual dinner will do!! A baby is a gift and should be celebrated!! When I was pregnant with my oldest……he was born early so my baby shower was postponed until after he was born. It was a special day to me. I was surrounded by friends and family supporting me and celebrating me and my sweet premature baby who was still in the hospital. I was emotional, sad and this whole ‘baby’ thing wasn’t going at all how I had planned. That baby
Making Cookies and Beyond……
Can you remember some of your fondest memories with your Mom, Grandma or an adult figure in your life? Some of my happiest memories are most definitely cooking with my Mom and having my Grandma teach me to make fudge. As an adult, I have learned to LOVE cooking. I absolutely feel like heaven when I am in my kitchen cooking something wonderful. I have spent lots of time cooking with my children. My son enjoys cooking, but my four year old daughter LOVES to cook!! Her eyes light up any time I ask her to help me in the kitchen. I know while we are working together in the kitchen that she is so very happy. This picture is the first time she made cinnamon rolls with me and she loved sprinkling the brown sugar on top. She enjoys making food fancy and decorating cookies and pouring ingredients, cracking
My Relationship with My Daughter
I think being a mother to a daughter is such a great and scary responsibility. There is so much I feel I must teach her! I don’t want to be always ‘talking and lecturing’ to her but I want her to watch the way I live my life and learn that way. I want her to see the way I take care of myself, the way I treat others, the great faith I have in God and in prayer, the way I fulfill my personal dreams, the way I embrace my creativity, the way I choose to be unique and true to myself and the way other’s feel when they are around me. Boy that makes my stomach flip just thinking of all those things because I have a lot to improve upon. My actions will always be her biggest teacher! This is a quote I found on one of my
Look At This Great Big World Around Me…..
The youngest of my three children is a fifteen month old girl. Kloe is truly delightful! She is in that stage that her little mind is saying, “look at this great big world around me………..LET ME AT IT”. She wants to touch, climb and destroy everything in her path. I am constantly reminding myself, she is curious and wants to try everything. While Kloe is awake, my attention is all about Kloe. If it wasn’t, I’m sure she would be hanging from the chandeliers or re-programming all of our electronics. As much as I love her curiosity and zest for life, it makes my life really hard! I have two other children to spend time with and take care of, school to teach and a home to run. It often causes frustration, but in those moments I always remind myself how much I am going to miss those wobbly little legs
