Category: Behavior

Lesson NOT Learned the First Time

April 17th, 2012
Saturday morning, Mason was playing in the kitchen while I sat on the couch in the connected living room, reading my book. SuperDad walked in the room and said "Have you checked on Mason lately?" and my response was "Yeah, he's in the kitchen playing wi… more »

Bedtime Procrastination

March 7th, 2012
Mason has always been a super sleeper *knocks on wood* 3/4 of the time, you can put him into his crib and he'll go to sleep without a peep and the other times, he may fuss for 30 seconds or so and then goes to sleep. Sure, he's had his days where he sta… more »

Boys and Trains

February 10th, 2012
What is with little boys and trains? Is the love of trains somehow embedded in their male chromosones? We never set out to have a train lover and never did anything to put this love into his head - he had toy trucks and busses, no toy trains. We watched… more »

Little Tree Hugger

October 21st, 2011
When I was a kid, I loved reading books like "50 Ways You Can Save the Earth" and trying to do everything I could to be earth friendly. I was even a member of the Cool Kids Earth Club or something like that and was super excited to get my quarterly "Kid… more »

Mason's Pet Peeves- Top Ten Tuesday

October 18th, 2011
We're overdue for a 19th month update, but today I thought we'd do a Top Ten list to capture some of the stuff that really gets under Mason's skin these days Mason's Least Favorite Things 1) Watching TV - if you turn the TV on, he turns it back off. W… more »