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From Pumps to Crocs: A Thank You Letter to My Feet
Dear Feet, I know I haven’t taken good care of you recently, but I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for all that you have done for me. As a baby, you helped me take my first steps. As a toddler, we ran and jumped together and touched sand and ocean…
Activity: Playing and Creating with Macaroni
I recently had two posts published on QuirkyMomma.com about all of the various activities your child can do with pasta! Macaroni Art: In this post is a recipe for dyeing pasta and some ideas on creating artwork with the colored noodles. Also, consider making “glitter” out of pastina and stellini – the clean up…
Activity: Sink or Float – An Experiment with Seltzer Water
My latest contribution to the world of children’s play has been published on the Kids Activity Blog. We experimented with seltzer water to see what items would float, sink, or “dance.” We used sprinkles (aka jimmies), coins, and popcorn kernels. This is an easy and fun science experiment you can do in your own kitchen. …
Please Wake Up So I Can Go Go!!
This happened a while back, but I was reminded of it recently and thought I’d share: I live in a small, pedestrian town. Everybody walks everywhere – to restaurants, to the park, to the supermarket, and to the library. I meet someone I know every time I’m out. If I am driving through town on…
Cleaning for the Cleaning Lady
You know you’ve done it too. The night before the lady comes to clean your house, you’re running around scrambling to clean up. The dirty dishes get put away and the crumbs are wiped off of the countertop. The laundry gets scooped up and thrown into the same basket they came out of when you…
My Body, Myself
My body made a baby, two actually. I still marvel at that. Considering that I cannot assemble a piece of IKEA furniture without assistance, I can’t quite figure out how I did it. My body just knew. It knew how to differentiate a brain cell from a bone cell. It knew when it was time…
Sleep deprivation much?
It’s midnight. I just got my daughter back to sleep, came back downstairs to enjoy some “me time,” put the breast pump back into position, wiggled my computer mouse and wondered why the pump didn’t start, then pressed play on the cable remote (tv is off, mind you) and wondered why the pump didn’t start. …
Children Will Listen (Sometimes Too Well)
As much as we think our children aren’t paying attention or blatantly disregard what we say, our words still affect them tremendously, both positively and negatively. When our words have a negative impact on our kids (whether or not we intended them to), the challenging part becomes undoing the damage we have done. In my…
Stay Awake! Go to Sleep!
“Stay awake” is a phrase rarely uttered in my house. Nine times out of ten, it’s “Go the F**k to Sleep!” But then there are times when it’s impossible to keep the kids awake and it is terribly inconvenient for them to fall asleep on me. I drive around for an hour trying to get…