And, behind door #1…
Whichever the case, I suppose I should be glad that someone around here knows how to correctly use the Dora the Explorer training seat. If only that doll could teach the Toddler a thing or two…
Whichever the case, I suppose I should be glad that someone around here knows how to correctly use the Dora the Explorer training seat. If only that doll could teach the Toddler a thing or two…
Well, the obsession with getting a pet continues. We’re holding our ground and not caving on this one anytime soon, but it’s almost pitiful how obsessed the Kindergartener has become with her stand-in dog. Apparently he has poor vision. She says the glasses help him see the TV better. Of course, she also says they…
Up until this point, the Toddler has not talked much beyond her basic set of essential words. Of course, with the amount of talking her sisters do, there’s hardly any available airtime. But, recently, she has started verbally expressing herself more often with words and the occasional phrase. This is great, except that she speaks…
I’m pretty sure the Preschooler thinks of the years prior to her birth in much the same way I think of the Ice Age… so long ago it’s almost unfathomable. Thus, when we show her and the Toddler pictures and video of our wedding, they are both mesmerized… and full of questions like… “Who is…
I’m not a morning person. I so want to be one. I really do. I believe there’s something sacred about the early morning hours when the world is still quiet, the air is still cool and the day is still a blank canvas of opportunity and promise. The problem is just that my room is…
Oh, 1st Grader. Somehow you’re seven years old today. Seven action-packed, fun-filled {occasionally drama-filled} years old. You and I… We’re alike in so many ways. Both first-borns with a huge desire to please. Fiercely stubborn. Both determined to have the last word. Competitive. Driven to achieve. Perhaps a bit bossy with our younger siblings. We…
I can hardly believe that in the course of nine months we have gone from this little bitty girl with a mouth full of baby teeth… To this “big” girl who can tie her own shoes, add and subtract, r-e-a-d, and nearly drive herself to school. At least she thinks she could do that if…