a superhero origin story, and some hair

Posted on December 14, 2008 - Filed Under kiddo life | 1 Comment

We had a huge rainstorm the other day. “The whole world is flooding!” said Sophie. Actually, it was just our driveway. But the kids had fun playing in the puddles…until it started to thunder and lightening.
Luc, particularly, doesn’t like thunder. So we ran back inside and stripped off the wet stuff while it crashed and [...]

screen time for fun and profit

Posted on July 17, 2008 - Filed Under geeklife, kiddo life | 3 Comments

Kids and computers are an incredible combination. I remember the old Commodore 64 I had when I was a kid–I was just fascinated by it, and used to type in these pages and pages of number code to get some clunky, worthless game, and I just adored it. Remember those commercials with Bach Invention No. [...]

the one baby item I wouldn’t do without

Posted on June 9, 2008 - Filed Under kiddo life, mayalife, reviews | Leave a Comment

When the kids were little, I loved carrying them. I figured they were only going to be small enough for a few years, so I better snuggle them up while I had the chance, before they were going going gone, before they were big enough to carry me. So I never put them down. It’s [...]

7 All-Time Best Parenting Tips in the World (today)

Posted on April 25, 2008 - Filed Under kiddo life | 3 Comments

I’ve been thinking about things I have heard, or read, or discovered, over the last four years that have radically changed my parenting for the better. I thought I’d make a list.
1- HALT.
If things aren’t going well, I try this little self-quiz. Are the kiddos Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired? In other words, [...]

the counting thing

Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment

There is something about children that can make otherwise intelligent, thoughtful people stop thinking. Maybe we don’t know what to do, so we grab the nearest tool and try to use it to get what we want, without stopping to critically and consciously consider how we are behaving. This really bugs me. Especially [...]