Category: Family Love

  • Everyday life – holding on for dear life

    I go grocery shopping with two children two and under. Yes. I am that crazy. Really I’m not though. Riley does fine as long as he’s not hungry and Landon is really well behaved in public, as long as he’s not hungry, except for this one time in Rite Aid. I behave pretty well too (as…

  • Everyday Life – Pick your battles

    Everything is a big deal to a two year old. Landon is really in full swing of asserting his independence. It is a good thing, really and I do want to encourage it. However the assertion of his independence also means things usually happening not the way or in the time frame I would like.…

  • 2 Year old Stripper

    We walked into preschool the other morning; their routine is to take their shoes off and put them in the shoe holder and go into class. Landon walks into the entry room, and startspulling his shorts off! I was asking him what he was doing – his teacher asking him if he had to go potty all while we…

  • Potty Training ~ Cold Turkey

    Landon is newly potty trained. I was actually impressed by how quickly it happened. I was dreading it after hearing all the horror stories of kids hiding their poop in the VCR (true story) and other stories of resistance. We already had been introducing the idea and the suggestion of going on the potty would…

  • Sick Days

    I never take sick days as a teacher. When I get sick, like yesterday, I just work sick. I take tylenol, suck it up, and finish the day. I just made the realization as I sit here on the couch sick, the two boys napping; it’s a good thing I’m not used to taking sick…