Category: New Skills

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 »

24 Months!

April 3rd, 2012
Now that Mason is a big TWO years old, I'm not sure I'm going to be doing these monthly updates, but I think we'll play it by ear and see how it goes - he seems like he's changing SO much even day to day that I can't imagine giving them up, but on the o… more »

Mason Makes Words

January 31st, 2012
Mason has officially reached the stage where you have to be really careful what you say around him because he is repeating everything! I've caught myself saying stuff (Such as shouting "Okay!!" down the hall in an annoyed voice) and he immediately parro… 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 »

My Secret Mommy Confession - Toddler Artwork

October 4th, 2011
At daycare, they spend a lot of time doing artwork. Every week, I'm bringing home at LEAST six art projects of all shapes and sizes and made of all sorts of... things. And today, Ive got a confession to make. Just seeing most of these atrocities in Maso… more »