Number Two has been working on his complaining skills. You’d think this is instinctual but toddlers are able to move up to the major leagues when it comes to protest. At over 1 ½ now, Number Two is finally realizing…
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Learning How to Complain
Posted in Parenting Tagged with: CH, crying, everything tears, number two, parenting, toddlers, whining
Parades, Princesses, and a Huge Flag
Flag Day in my little town is as enchanting as a Norman Rockwell painting. For the last few years, we’ve been taking Child Harbat to the parade to see local princesses waving from convertibles, dogs wearing hats, women in black…
Posted in Events Tagged with: CH, clowns, dogs, flag day, local, number two, parade, princesses, Robocop
Thursday Grab Bag
What I love about Thursday Grab Bag is no rules! Nothing is too random or inconsequential! Let’s get started. [Tuesday night, dinnertime. Scene opens on the kitchen table where Number Two is sitting in high chair and emitting loud shrieks,…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: breakfast, CH, dreams, fashion, grab bag, number two, parenting, random
Imperial Minivan
My journey towards the dark side is complete. I now own a minivan in glossy piano black that looks like a shard of Darth Vader’s helmet. I have no qualms about driving this vehicle since it looks cool, drives like…
Posted in Products Tagged with: cleaning products, emperor palpatine, honda odyssey, minivan, parenting, wipes
More Minivan Woes
There’s something about buying a used minivan that makes your shoulders slump down. Maybe it’s because minivans are never “lightly used”. It’s like buying a donkey and expecting it to be sprightly and have a straight back. These things are…
Posted in Parenting, Products Tagged with: car, car shopping, cool, imperial shuttle, minivan, used car
Foraging and Bad Haircuts
My boy learns quickly. On his regular wagon rides around the yard and garden, in which he thrusts his arm forward like a Roman charioteer, we often stop to pick fresh strawberries. Now when I put him down to roam…
Posted in Gardening, Parenting Tagged with: bangs, children, clippers, garden, haircuts, learn from my mistakes, number two, parenting, strawberries
Relinquishing Manhood
Ever since the car crash we’ve been driving around a rental car and trying to figure out what kind of car to buy. Oh, I know, First World Problems, but we hadn’t been planning on buying a car and haven’t…
Posted in Parenting, Products Tagged with: car shopping, cars, manhood, minivan, parenting, third-row seating
Calming Down for Bedtime
I think it’s important for children to ease into a nighttime routine with gentle calm and lulling quietude. A warm bath, books read in a soft voice, and then tender kisses before being tucked in under a cozy blanket, that’s…
Be a Prince/Princess of Baking
“Oh, I can’t bake, it’s too complicated. I can hardly make toast.” NO! No excuses! If my five-year old daughter can make these little yogurt cups, you can too. And everyone will be impressed and you can proclaim yourself prince…
A Day for Mothers
After the events of last week, the basic principles of life and family have been on my mind a lot. I’ve written a lot about parenting over the last six hundred and sixty blog posts, but one of the things…
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