When you go to the beach at low tide with two 7-year-old girls, you should expect two things to happen.
1. There will be lots of pointing:
Not to mention, double pointing (oops, mentioned it):
2. THERE WILL BE LOTS OF SCREAMING, such as, HEY, LOOK AT THIS CRAB! or COME ‘ERE! HURRY! or MOMMY, I’M BLEEDING!
Yes, [...]
Happy Mother’s Day!
And don’t think that fact gets ignored here at the Let the dog in! household. As you are reading this, I’ll probably be getting my back massaged, or maybe soaking in my Barbie Mermaid bubble-filled bath tub. Or, perhaps I’m out sipping a mimosa and nibbling fresh strawberries.
If I’m really lucky, [...]
I had an eye-opener conversation with the Kid and her buddy, let’s call her Doey.*
Come with me, inside the mind of the six year old…
In their 1st grade class, they had just decorated little gingerbread houses (graham cracker, actually) and were back at our house nibbling on various sugary paraphernalia, when Doey noticed the [...]
Now that she’s a ripe, old six year old, the Kid is getting more comfortable on computers.
A little too comfortable.
She’s making freaky self-portraits on iphoto.
Plus, since reading and writing has entered her world, she’s begun creating Word documents and emailing (on my account).
The hubs figured this might save us all some grief tonight, [...]
It’s official. The Kid doesn’t need her mommy anymore. She’s dumped me like yesterday’s fried calamari, cold and limp.
What happened, I wonder. Even after she finished kindergarten, she still managed to talk in baby talk and call for “Mama.” She still wanted help drying off after a bath. She still asked [...]
You may know a few people who fudge when it comes to telling their actual age. Our society is youth obsessed, after all. I admit the number “39″ springs to my mind often enough that I’ve pretty much convinced myself that is my age.
Or, I’m just old enough now to lose [...]
Things are hardly ever black and white in the world of parenting. If they are for you, congratulations and yes, Fox News is fair and balanced!
Some bad actions are clearly bad–hitting someone, pushing someone, or other violence. Although, even then, a time might arise when you are proud of when your [...]
