I had a delightful dinner experience yesterday. We were celebrating my Granddaughter’s 6th birthday… a very exciting occasion. Yet something her family does every day at dinner time happened. And it was that every day happening that I want to celebrate with you today.
I promise not to go on and on today as I wrap up this series on playing with your child. I have to confess I cringed when glancing at my very lengthy last post… the thing is… play is super important to me. (obviously LOL)
Today’s post promises to be much shorter. Now that you understand the role ‘play’ holds in life… I thought I’d just share a few ideas to get your imagination moving along playfully. In fact, below you’ll find a link to several suggestions of things to do. When you’re running out of ideas it might be handy to have on hand. Continue reading
When you’re cooking with your kids do you realize what a great time it is for not only teaching them how to cook, but also for the opportunity to discover what’s going on with them in their lives?
I love great children’s music. And of course, that’s pretty subjective. The way I look at it, the music has to be catchy and the words ought to tell a story that kids can relate to.
Do you ever find yourself amazed at how quickly the days can pass one minute, and how long the days can be the next?
When I was six, going on seven, I stole a penny sucker from a classmates lunch box. It was a slo poke… I’ll never forget it because while I never confessed to my crime, the ‘guilty thoughts’ I held around it made me sick for 3 days. I decided stealing was painful and the wrong thing to do.
What follows was received in an email several days ago… it’s a powerful message from Steven Covey about our choices. Valuable enough to share with the whole world. Even if you’ve run across this before, it’s well worth another read.
Mother, Mom, Mama, Mommy, Ma…
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Do girls really have more taste buds than boys???
From what I can uncover that’s not exactly true… yet according to a study I found over at Science Daily they have found that Girls Have a Superior Sense of Taste anyway!
Another interesting discovery they came up with was that children don’t consider themselves ‘picky’ eaters. Yes, it’s a fascinating article, you might want to give it a read :-) — Here are a few other discoveries that may surprise you as stated at their site:
I’ve been doing some spring cleaning (what??!?!?) and ran across several notebooks that I would journal in when my boys were very young. One was titled: 