Today is my last day as a stay at home mom. Well, for now, anyway.
Phase I of settling into Madison is complete. All the boxes are put away, things are somewhat in their rightful place again, we’re not tripping over things–much. All we got left is small things, putting up pictures, finding a system to [...]
Archive for the ‘Child Musing’ Category
28 May
End of a Stay-At-Home Era…at Least for Now….
28 Dec
Putting the Magic Back in Christmas
This past Sunday at church, we were asked a question: What does Christmas mean to you? And don’t hold back. What does it really mean?
After some thought, I said, “For me, Christmas had a mysterious quality to it, like I never knew what to expect. It’s sad because lately I’ve been missing that. Nowadays, Christmas [...]
29 Sep
And just like that he was potty trained…
Okay…I don’t know how I did it, but it appears Daniel is potty trained.
Yesterday, he finally learned how to do #2 in the potty. I wasn’t actually there when it happened. Looks like my hubby had the pleasure of teaching him. That’s good, because I sure didn’t know how I was going to teach him [...]
21 Sep
That’s Supposed to be Elmo?!?!
Yesterday was pretty rough for Daniel’s first day of potty training. To give you an idea of what it’s like, I want you to go ahead and pee in your pants. Go ahead. Do it. It’s all right. You’ll be fine. Just pee in your pants. Go on.
Won’t do it, huh? Going to the toilet [...]
16 Sep
Early Morning Musing before I head to the Festival
Bees circle around my boy.
He knows about bees because he sees them a lot in our Dr. Seuss books. But this is the first time he is confronted with their lumbering, yellow striped bodies as they hover around him and his fire engine pushcar. Daniel’s amazed and delighted. “Bee!” He calls out to me.
“Yes, bee,” I [...]
