One of the debates I’ve heard (and engaged in) with other moms is about teaching manners. I grew up calling my friends’ parents by their first names, so when I moved to Texas and everyone said, “Ma’am” and “Sir,” I didn’t like it. It felt too formal, authoritarian, and didn’t jive at all with . . . → Read More: Read These Books About Manners
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 4 comments  Posted on January 25th, 2012 in Read This, Reviews  children's book recommendations, maurice sendak, mind your manners, sesyle joslin, teaching children manners I don’t have $20,000 to replace my kitchen cabinets but I wanted a spice drawer. I want a lot of things actually. And I’ve been finding a way to get many of them, including a spice drawer for less than $15. Can I tell you how people’s eyes light up when I . . . → Read More: One Drawer at a Time Leave a comment Posted on January 23rd, 2012 in Organizing kitchen organizing, organizing on a budget, organizing tips, spice drawer Wouldn’t it be great if we got along with our kids all of the time? Sometimes I want to tell my son, “I am ready to miss you now.” What I’ve observed in my household and amongst my friends is that there are ages when some parents and kids shine, and others that are . . . → Read More: Get Along Days 4 comments Posted on January 18th, 2012 in Parenting, Single Parenting developmental stages in children, getting along with our kids Three years ago, I nightweaned my son. A little over a year after that, he weaned himself completely. In order to get ready for any of that, I volunteered to lead a meeting on weaning for our local chapter of Attachment Parenting International. The distance of teaching on the topic helped keep me from . . . → Read More: Weaning in Context of AP Principles 9 comments Posted on January 10th, 2012 in Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Weaning Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, child-led weaning, eight principles of attachment parenting, extended nursing, nursing relationship, nursing toddler, Weaning A friend of mine sent an email out to a few mama buddies asking for activity suggestions for the winter break from school. Here’s the thing, kids who have been in school get used to a certain level of stimulation and/or structure. Then they’re home, and they want attention, and they want stuff to . . . → Read More: 65+ Fun Activities with Kids Leave a comment Posted on December 29th, 2011 in Activities, Parenting activities with kids, combating parent and child boredom, crafts with kids, fun things to do with kids, what to do with kids over holidays Not everyone would consider driving 14 hours into a blizzard, with a cat and a five-year-old a fun time. Luckily, I am up for what my son calls “an a venture.” When I promised my son he could have a kitty for his 5th birthday, (which falls in mid-November), I wasn’t even thinking about . . . → Read More: A Winter Venture Leave a comment Posted on December 28th, 2011 in Parenting, Travel family pets, holiday travel, Parenting, presence I took a bath in cat urine this weekend. Hopefully needless to say, this was not intentional. I put lavender bubble bath in the tub as I ran the water. It smelled lavender-y when I got in. But the water was too cold, so I drained some, added more hot, and was still soaking . . . → Read More: A New Window 4 comments Posted on December 15th, 2011 in Divorce, Holidays, Listen to This, Parenting, Single Parenting divorced at the holidays, holiday music, single parenting, when a door closes a window opens I’ve started the Christmas decorating at our house. Inspired by the bat mobile at Halloween, I tried snow for winter. But I couldn’t remember how to make paper snowflakes. So I looked it up online. I’ve figured out that I have to balance what I want to do creatively with projects my five year . . . → Read More: Christmas Crafting Leave a comment Posted on December 6th, 2011 in Activities, Holidays Christmas crafts, crafting with kids, holiday crafts, Pinterest In past years, I’ve done a more comprehensive list of holiday events with kids. This year though, I’m just picking my favorites. It’s easy to run around, shopping, to see Santa, and lights, and sing. There’s fun and exciting stuff all over the place, but the pressure to do, to go, to be out . . . → Read More: Favorite Austin Holiday Events with Kids Leave a comment Posted on December 2nd, 2011 in Holidays, Parenting free holiday events austin, holiday events in Austin, holidays in austin with kids My son turned five a couple of weeks ago and it’s sent me into a bit of a tailspin. Okay, maybe not just his turning five. We had a Halloween party, a birthday, house-guests with small children for a week. We got a cat who didn’t eat for the first few days, then got . . . → Read More: Turning Five |
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