For the past year, Jake's favourite book has been Toddle Waddle. As a parent of a preppie (Evie), I know that one of the reading strategies the kids get taught is using the pictures. Seeing and experiencing your child's development is amazing and this in particular for me, watching my son "read" his favourite book [...]
You are still my little monkey. You still giggle when you hang upside down, will still run and climb over everything. You still jump into my arms and wrap yourself around me with your head in the nook of my neck. You still ask me for warm cuddles after bath time. You still easily switch [...]
Shoes, shoes...everywhere shoes. On the floor, rolling down the stairs, one lost without it's partner somewhere under the couch, half a sock hanging out. One day their shoes won't show the playground marks, the scuffs from the monkey bars and the fluff that makes the velcro no longer stick. For now I am glad there [...]
During the week the kids know the rules - no TV, perform their morning "duties" as per their checklist to get ready for school, no asking mom or dad to do anything that is not related to getting ready for getting out the house. Come Saturday mornings, things take a turn. Whilst mom and dad [...]
