Since a very young age, lunch has been one of the highlights of my day. Whether we were spending a day at home, running errands around town, or traveling, I was always adamant about taking time out for lunch. Skip breakfast if you wish, do what you will with dinner, but don’t mess with lunch….
Toddler 2 seems to have an uncanny knack for all things technology. Since this past summer, she has had a special interest in the iphone and its many features. My memory is foggy on this point, but I think it all started when in some desperate situation where I needed to divert her attention, I…
Day one was entertaining. We went sledding and built a snowman. We drank hot “warm” chocolate. We ate chili and made cookies. We did snow day things, and enjoyed the beauty of the wintry landscape and the respite of a peaceful day at home. Day two was a little inconvenient, but we managed to make…
Given Toddler 1’s aforementioned sensitivity to anything that hints at being scary or violent, we give careful consideration to the shows we watch on television, the movies we rent, and the books we read at bedtime. We have a pretty good idea of what she can and can’t handle, and we just avoid situations… like…