Sarah of shutterbug mama kindly organized an outing last night to see Adele Faber. Adele Faber (if you don’t already know) is a parenting guru and author of the books, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, and Siblings Without Rivalry (amongst others). Since G and I already owned […]
TOPICS: buddy
Mar 13 2008
Advice?
When do kids start understanding consequences for their actions?
Here’s the deal: the kids are currently signed up for a gymnastics class. With each passing week, they become less and less enthused during the class. However, they are ALWAYS excited about going.
Once there, they usually make it through about 20 minutes before they start complaining and […]
Mar 11 2008
Observation Day
Recently, we had the opportunity to observe B&B in their classes. Since our experience with Montessori is so little, we were eager to see the inner workings of their classrooms — especially since, when we ask them what they did at school during dinner, we get the teenage shrug and the, “I dunno,” totally indifferent […]
Mar 7 2008
Lists of Split Personalities
When you have two kids in two different classrooms, you are exposed to twice as many germs. It has been one sickness after another here and I have finally fallen victim. So I’m sitting on the couch with the laptop right now and moaning like a big baby. Thankfully no one else is home to […]
Mar 5 2008
Scissor Siblings
For Valentine’s Day, the school requested that the kids make (MAKE!) cards for EACH CHILD IN THEIR CLASS. What??
We got to work, spending two days holding arts and crafts class in our dining room. We were so lazy about cleaning up after the first day, knowing we weren’t done yet, that we ate in the […]
Jan 17 2008
The Aimless Word
Yesterday the kids’ school had a parent seminar about Language in the Home; about developing language skills and how we can help guide them. It was interesting and I love that the school makes time to offer advice about our kids.
B&B are pretty on-track with their language abilities. They are probably still a little hard […]
Nov 7 2007
Overheard
I know. This is annoying and kind of a little rude — my once-a-week post asking you to go to another site to read my post. Especially considering there are so many other bloggers doing this once-a-day NaNoo-NaNooBloMe thing. But if I write everyday I might bore you to tears, so you should really be […]
Oct 25 2007
Halloween Costumes
I knew it would happen. I knew eventually I would have to let the kids choose their own Halloween costumes. I was hoping I could get away with one more year of parental control. Alas, I had to give it up once they noticed me shopping online without them. (Damn, my window-hiding mouse finger just […]
Oct 9 2007
Scene From A Car Ride
As the kids climb into the car after school today, Buddy spots a toy (courtesy of a Happy Meal, thank you very much) that he left in his carseat this morning.
Buddy: Hey look, there’s my toy!
Me: Okay, you can play with it for a little while, and then you have to share it with […]
Sep 25 2007
Gender 101: How To Raise Confused Kids
Bean: “When I grow up, I’m going to pee standing up!”
Buddy: “And when I grow up, I’m going to wear a dress!”
(Huh. Okay… that’s cool.)
:::
In the bathtub:
Buddy, pointing to Bean: “Hey, what happened to your p8nis??” Bean looks down to check.
(They take baths together every night. He just noticed? And… what is she looking for?):::
