February 2013

  • Ways I was Playful Today

    1- I put on some music on the TV (cable channels that just play music- no video) and danced around with the kids. 2- Filled up bathtub with bubbles and showed toddler how to blow bubbles using a straw. (This… Continue reading

  • Sleeping Like a Baby

    Dear Daughter, You are eight days from being ten months old. I get asked all the time “How does she sleep?” and I smile and say that you sleep exactly as you should, which means that you rouse easily and… Continue reading

  • Goal Charts

    My six year old son and I sat down to make him a goal chart. When we finished I opened up another file and started to type. My son read over my shoulder as I went. “What are you doing,… Continue reading

  • Do Not Interrupt.

    “Isaac!” I called from downstairs. He did not come. I went upstairs expecting to find him in his grandmother’s room watching cartoons on her computer again. He was not there. I walked into his room and found him using the… Continue reading