Our little Violet seems to have bad luck with her bike. A couple weeks ago, she ended up with a flat tire. As a family, we all worked together to change it. Then, just this past week, her other tire went flat. Again, we (I say we, but it’s really Mike with his tire knowledge…
The other day Violet and Hayden were helping me get dressed. Hayden was putting on my watch and asking to get “odorant” since I was putting deodorant on. While I was helping Hayden put on deodorant, Violet was putting on my pants. A couple more years and I think the legs will be long enough.
Today was Volunteer Kalamazoo’s first Family Day of Service honoring 9/11. The event was geared toward families, even families with young children. I helped to do set-up and run registration until I had to pick up my kids from daycare. I thought that the projects would be great for my kids to do, so I…
Tonight, Violet and I were working on doing some art projects before bed. She really wanted to use markers, so that is what we decided to use. After a bit of coloring, she accidentally got some on her hands. I assured her that the markers were washable. She was very worried that the marker would…
This morning Violet was watching as I was putting my birthday checks in the mail to send to the bank. I endorsed the back of the check with my signature and Violet asked “Why did you scribble on the check?” I told her that this was my signature. She asked “What is a signature?” I…
Hayden has gone from not too super talkative to full sentences, full thoughts, full stories, and strong opinions. It seems like it has happened just overnight, but I’m sure this has been gradual, yet, I think that this morning I seemed to notice it more. Both kids are now beginning to attempt to help me…
As you may or may not know, Hayden is in big boy underwear. He has been in big boy underwear for the past few days now. For the most part he has been doing well going pee. He has not however ben doing well at all doing #2. For a couple of days he has…
