The reason we keep the paper shredder unplugged: this morning I found Bella trying to feed an envelope she’d pulled out of the trashcan into the shredder. Then she found a picture of food in her book and brought it to me saying, yummy, yummy...
Recently Bella has taken to throwing temper tantrums. When she’s frustrated or upset or not getting her way she sits down on the ground and hits her head against the ground. Very deliberately. Just one knock. Or maybe two well-spaced ones if...
i just added a new recipe at our cooking blog, In the Kitchen with Bella. I’m very proud of the way this one came out. One of my most successful experiments yet! It quite makes up for the pumpkin muffins I made this morning. I overfilled the...
Preparing to run out to the store to pick up a missing vital ingredient for tonight’s dinner, I swung the backpack/diaperbag onto my back. And then realized the cell phone wasn’t in it. I’d missed it on our walk this morning. So...
I didn’t know today was the first day of summer when I made plans to join my sister-in-law, nieces and nephews, and a bunch of their homeschooling group for an outing at Bradley-Palmer State Park; but what a perfect way to celebrate the...
Bella and I made it to mass this morning at the Carmelite monastery that is just down the street from our new apartment. What a wonderful way to start the day. I love seeing all the Carmelite nuns with the joyful faces as they receive communion. I...
Via Jimmy Akin, a story on the importance of play: “Too little nature, too much television; there is evidence showing that this leads to attention difficulties. For each hour of television watched per day by pre-schoolers, there is a 10 per...
Last night was much better. Only one wake up, at 4:30, and she went back to sleep after crying for five or ten minutes. But when I went in a 6:30 to a happy, chatty baby, I was a bit surprised. She was playing with her blankets and stuffed animals...
Melissa Wiley reposts an excellent article that asks the big question: what is all this emphasis on standards, testing, academic performance, and “No Child Left Behind” doing to kids’ souls: The present emphasis on testing and test...
Last night was not a good night to say the least. Bella seems fine during the day; but at night it is clear she’s still not comfortable in the new place. Yesterday she only took one nap and a short one at that, interrupted when something fell...
