Playful Parenting
Gauntlet Thrown
So last week the kids were taking guesses as to how many books I could read if I had nothing else to do. I tried to point out how unlikely that situation was – even if I ignored laundry and vacuuming, there are still kids to feed and places to go. They decided on a … Continue reading
Watch It Wiggle
(no I don’t know, nor can I figure out, what is suddenly  up with  my lack of paragraph breaks no matter now often I put them in. grrrrr)Jello. Yup, jello, or gelatin at least. We’ve been making a ton this summer. It’s fast, easy, cool and a friend happened to give me a big box … Continue reading
Today Just Worked
Today just worked. Instead of cereal or yogurt sprinkled with fruit, I saw the day-old baguette and decided to make french toast. And the kids helped – cooperatively helped, not, “No, I wanna stir.” And the made fruit salad by themselves -Â strawberries and blueberries and bananas – and two pots of tea. And then … Continue reading
A Merry Demented Spring
So today was an odd celebration of spring. Lots of normal warm weather stuff: riding bikes, playing in sprinklers, having friends over. But the biggest squeals of joy were over…peep jousting. Daddy heard about it and decided to try. Didn’t know it would be quite as much of a hit as it was though. Take … Continue reading
Welcoming in Spring with Bacchanal Joy
So in a nontraditional move, which is fairly traditional for us, we welcomed in spring by having a rave. Yup, a rave. After finding a box of Halloween decorations in the garage – still unpacking from the move – we decided to actually have the dance party we’ve always said would be fun but had … Continue reading
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
The kids have been into big words lately. It started, oddly enough, with an argument between them over panties versus underwear. Somehow that evolved to all clothing having been called garments at one time and that the stuff underneath was simply your under-garments. From garments, we got to spectacles. That one developed during a discussion … Continue reading
Bionicle Explosion
So grandma’s camera is quite blurry but you can get an idea of volume. C loves bionicles (and legos and pretty much anything you build with). While the kids were up on their sleepover grandma and papa bid on a lot of 20 lbs of bionicles. C went up by himself for the weekend because … Continue reading
Playing Games
So I knew we had a lot of games. Games can teach everything from taking turns to colors, counting to strategy, cooperation to losing gracefully. We’re rearranging our play room and just moved all the games. I hadn’t realized quite how many we had! ABSeas Alphabet Lotto Ants in the Pants Battleship Brown Bear – … Continue reading
Flipbook Fun
I found this little bit of coolness browsing bookbabies blog. That’s also the originator of the 6 word memoir tagging. Lots of fun over there. Flipbook, check it out. Mommy found it and made one to show everyone; now they all want a turn.
Playing Games
Home a day and the kids started getting out board games. Board games are fantastic. Two rounds of Honey Bee Tree (taking turns, guessing and counting) and one of Battleship (strategy and coordinates) yesterday. Today started with Payday (planning, money and math). B loves to e the banker. It’s easily adjusted. The boys figure out … Continue reading
