That is what time they woke up the morning after their first double-twin bed slumber party adventure. Here is the wreckage: Father’s Day. Awesome. Not surprisingly, Graham had no trouble taking his first ever nap alone in his big-boy bed. 2nd night: Asleep by 9pm instead of 10. Graham woke up screaming at 2:30am This [...]
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The Plan: Move the kids into the same room for the summer. The Reason: Trip to New York in July. Trip to Oregon in August. They’ll be sharing a room. Graham’s too big for the portable crib. What we’ve done so far: (will the end result be blissfully rested ready-to-travel children and parents? Or screaming [...]
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So the other day I was standing around outside of Violet’s classroom with a few other moms and one of the teachers, waiting for the kids to come back from the dance room. The conversation turned to lunchtime. “How did little Sally eat?” asked a mom. “Oh, she did great!” gushed the teacher. “She eats [...]
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Yesterday was our first ever family camping trip. We’d been planning it for a few months. Originally, we wanted to try it at a state park 5 minutes from our house. That way, if the kid-variables didn’t work out, we could bail and be home in no time. However, there is a burn ban in [...]
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So, I’ve mentioned the irony that Graham is on a disposable diaper box even though we cloth diaper. I definitely don’t mean to sound like there isn’t a place for disposables. In fact, we used disposables exclusively with Violet for good reason. As promised, here’s one clueless crazed mom’s journey from disposable to cloth diapering: [...]
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Three words for anyone with a preschool aged daughter and toddler son: “Max and Ruby”. This is a cartoon based on the books by Rosemary Wells (who is awesome). Ruby is a 7-year-old bunny who takes care of her little brother Max. We’re not sure how old he is, but he only says one word [...]
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It’s true! It does get easier! Case in point: Violet can’t quite read yet, but she sure can follow directions. (When the end results benefit her, of course). On Saturdays and Sundays we leave this note on our closed door. Then she knows that she can go to the fridge, get her pre-made (un-spill-able) breakfast, [...]
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I fear that my last parenthood post may have shocked my almost-parent friends into stunned silence. Because, although I got over 100 comments and emails, they were all from already-parents saying “hear-hear” and the like. So what I’d like to do is put together something tangible for all my friends to take away. I mean, [...]
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I wrote this post last fall. But I never could decide if I should publish it or not. On bad days I would re-read it and decide I was full of shit. On good days it would make perfect sense. I think I’ve decided that it is a valid point of view, even when I’m [...]
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don’t make a rule that she can invite only 4 kids because she is 4 don’t secretly rejoice in your introverted heart that your extroverted kid decided to invite only her 3 best friends. At least two will be on vacation or sick (it IS January after all). don’t have a baby in January (see [...]
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