Sometimes, really most of the time, I feel like a say a lot of things during the course of the day that I later wish I could go back and somehow erase or at least edit a little bit. This is especially true in regard to things I say or tones I use when I’m…
These days there are a couple of places I avoid going if I have both girls in tow simply to avoid unnecessary stress. The first is my local credit union, which so values face-to-face communication with its members, that it has deliberately chosen not to install a drive-thru at any of its twelve locations. Therefore,…
It’s amazing to watch (and listen) as babies learn to talk, and then as toddlers learn to speak in short sentences… and then even in whole paragraphs. Language development is truly incredible. We go from glee over hearing a baby say “da-da” or “ma-ma” (and why does “da-da” always come first?) to having full-blown conversations…
Below are a few of the words that have recently been added to our vocabulary around here. For clarification purposes, I have used some of them in sentences. Context always helps. In random order… skaters: a boot or shoe with four wheels that allows the wearer to glide about on hard surfaces Ex: “Maybe for…