Posted in Attachment Parenting, deep thoughts, Middle school, Teens and high school, video on Dec 5th, 2011 8 Comments »
Someone commented on this video that she just wanted to share the gospel with this kid. I know a lot of people have posted the whole “it gets better” thing for all the kids getting bullied. But you know what? Kids shouldn’t have to get enough religion that they can bear to stand their lives [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, Home ec, personal on Jul 3rd, 2011 3 Comments »
Kara over at Simple Kids wrote recently about how their family was preparing for the baby coming soon. She asked how others prepared for upcoming babies and it got me thinking. Not that I haven’t already been thinking about the subject! Fall is coming soon! Many of the things that are normal for other people [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, Book Recommendations, Children's health, College and College Prep, cooking/home ec, cool sites, Daily log, freebies, Frugal living, Gardening, geography, Green, In the news, Links, Montessori, nature, nutrition, personal, recipes, science, social studies, support, Teens and high school on Jun 5th, 2011 1 Comment »
Here’s a round-up of stuff I’ve been meaning to share… Fairy Tales, Folktales, Fables, and Folklore This great web site contains hundreds of stories from mythologies around the world. From Finnish folk tales to Anderson fairy tales to parables of Buddhism, there’s something for everyone. This would be great to combine with studies of countries [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, games, Gardening, nature, personal, plans for the day on Apr 26th, 2011 6 Comments »
On my agenda for the next week: Plan Jack, Alex and Victoria’s birthdays (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday), throw one party, host one soiree, make three cakes, buy presents, survive. Take the kids to see the CSI director, who’s in our little town again, and perhaps fight with him again. Last time, he told me I shouldn’t [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, Daily log, freebies, Green, Links, personal, science on Apr 16th, 2011 1 Comment »
Well, spring was nice. Apparently it’s over though. We woke to snow on the lawn today and it’s been dreary and cold for a week. The weather forecast is more of the same as far into the future as they’ll tell us. Sigh. I’m still in a bit of a pregnant fog. The morning sickness [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, Frugal living, holidays, Japanese, Lapbooks, personal on Mar 16th, 2011 6 Comments »
I am a terrible blogger lately. I am also a terrible house cleaner, homeschooler, bedtime book reader, writer and general person. I mostly hold my belly and groan. Hopefully I’ll be done with my progesterone soon and perhaps that will help. Next week I have my first prenatal appointment (the doctor won’t see me until [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting on Nov 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Forbes is reporting that Motrin has officially dumped the ad that caused lots of outrage among baby-wearing moms this weekend. Business lesson of the day: Don’t mock your target audience.
Posted in Attachment Parenting on Nov 15th, 2008 5 Comments »
Motrin has a new ad campaign about mothers who carry their babies in slings. In it, they talk about the new “trend” (that’s been around as long as there have been mothers, actually) of carrying babies in slings, pouches and such. They talk about how it makes us “tired and crazy” and causes all sorts [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, Poetry on Oct 9th, 2008 3 Comments »
Attachment Parenting International is hosting a Carnival of Presence all month long. I had already blogged about being present before finding out but I think it’s a good theme to revisit. Here’s a poem that always reminds me of how important it is to be there for my kids now while I can. [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, Behavior, Jack on Jan 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
Lately Jack (age 4) has been really pushing my buttons! He’s been argumentative, angry, bossy, defiant and just plain trying. He’s told me he hated me (which neither of his big sisters have ever done!), threatened me, made mean faces, you name it. I have read enough parenting books and been through enough parenting to [...]
