Every day for the past couple weeks I have had to come up with creative answers to this question. Then finally the town put out their Christmas decorations and poof "Yes, Evie it is Christmas time!" " Whoo Hoo !" Was the response I received . She is so excited and can't wait to put up our tree. Which I usually do Thanksgiving weekend, but we are out of town for the weekend so it will have to wait until next weekend. However, her excitement is contagious. No one can wait to put up the tree, and even worse no one can wait for ...
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It is Thanksgiving again, and I thought what better to do today than talk about what I am thankful for. I am thankful for my children ! Thank God they are healthy happy and the greatest gifts I have ever received . I am truly blessed. I am thankful for my husband who irritates me more than any human being could ever do, but at the same time is truly amazing! He always thinks of me, and does his best for us. He works hard and never gives up! I am the luckiest woman alive to have him. I am thankful for my family ...
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Photo by melc24 I can root through my boxes of stored books and come upon one that was created for me. This book, covered with soft, squishy pleather, whose cover is graced by blue birds holding a banner, contains important details of my early years. I can find out, since I obviously won’t remember, when I took my first steps, what my first words were, and how many presents I got at my first birthday party. Somewhere around my second birthday, in likelihood due to their separation, my parents stopped updated that book. It’s as if my childhood ceased to exist on paper, kind ...
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Does age six sound too young to begin paying a child allowance? I don't think so. Short of sounding like that annoying, my-kid-is-the-best parent, I know my kiddo is ready. How do I know? These are the factors I used to evaluate my daughter's readiness to receive an allowance: $ She brings home money-related worksheets from school (counting coins, etc). $ She has a base knowledge of simple addition and subtraction. $ She too often leaves out must-have toys that regularly meet their demise at the paws of two all-too-eager domestic tabby cats. $ She regularly expresses an interest in buying or paying for ...
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When my daughter’s good, she’s really good; when she’s being naughty, it’s all shades of frustrating, dangerous and well, loud. But more times than not, she casts off the terrible twos’ (or threes, if we’re being honest) antics for a much more responsible and respectful soul. When I saw this starting to happen, when she had developed enough psychologically that she stopped being me-centered and began to think of how her actions could affect change in the people around her, I started to encourage that. I’ve also always allowed her to help me in some way - children are notorious for wanting to help ...
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