One of the hardest things…

One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was explain death to my son. My grandmother recently passed away after being ill for a while. She was 92, so it was not unexpected, but the last month has been a little hard on our whole family. I feel lucky that he got to [...]

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Easter Doings…

When it comes down to the holidays, I start to really feel like a parent. Well, that and when I have to count to 3 which I never thought I would do. Anyway, the pressure is on in a good way. Looking back on it, my mother managed to make our holidays feel extra special. [...]

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A few picks from the book nook

We’ve rearranged things in our house and as a result, my son now has a “book nook.” He loves to sit in there and pull out all of the books and “read” them. Sometimes I think we could read to him all day long and he wouldn’t mind. It’s a little hard to say no [...]

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Thankful for Decent Music for Kids

I don’t know about you, but we had to do some traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday. My husband and I are so glad that there is music for kids out there that won’t drive us crazy. For the most part, I’m not really into children listening to adult music (with the exceptions of Jazz and [...]

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Woodshop for Kids – Jack McKee

I ordered this book from Montessori Services, because we will get there soon enough. No one in my family can wait for my son to be old enough for real tools. My father has a whole set of real, child-sized tools ready. He’s already had them for a year and my son is only 2. [...]

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Traveling with Toddlers

We just got back from visiting family and I couldn’t help but think of this book while we were on our excursion. It seemed as though the folks in the hospitality industry are not acquainted with travelers with young children. As my husband was carrying the car seat (ok, it was in a bag) the [...]

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I know I should be reading, but…

Okay, the holidays are fast approaching and though I’ve managed to control myself with the Reading Challenges this year, I’m going to try two of the Holiday Swaps. Last year we did the Christmas card swap hosted by Kids Craft Weekly and that was loads of fun. We got cards from 3 different continents! This [...]

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Toddler Fun

Because of Jeanne’s comment on my last post, I wanted to talk more about some of the activity books that I’ve piled up over the past couple of weeks. I meant to post this last week, but the daycare cold caught up with us and I didn’t manage to do it. Anyway. Here are some [...]

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Christmas in August?

A couple of weeks ago, I attempted to get organized and start our Christmas cards early. I know I’m going to be strapped for time come December, so why not work on them now? I decided to do prints this year, because lasts years cards ended up being too complicated and mostly made by adults. [...]

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Planning Ahead

So, I just finished the last book of the Spiderwick Chronicles on the bus this morning. I know that is my short story reading time, but I was almost finished. Why did I read them besides, well, fun? I’m planning ahead. It’s true my son is only 2, but someday he’s going to be 7 [...]

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