Just trying to be a Good Mom, sometimes succeeding, sometimes not. But blogging about it anyway.
From the monthly archives:
Geetle wearing a ponytail to her 1st Grade Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch. It rained all day, so when she got home she had the cutest little ringlets all around her face. I asked her when she found the time to get a perm with such a busy day. She said [...]
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We have been making Pookie sit in a different seat on the morning school bus. It was part of our plan to keep him from yelling on the bus. We had determined that he was yelling in order to get the driver to notice him. So, we moved him to a seat where [...]
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Finally! Someone explains this so-called fashion trend. Thank you!
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One of Giggles’ favorite new games. I pick her up and say “Who is my little monkey baby?!” She laughs and holds on around my neck as tight as she can. Then I let go with my arms and she hangs from my neck, like a little monkey. It cracks her [...]
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Giggles turned 2 yesterday! We had a great party, check it out.
Giggles likes Elmo and he seemed like a good theme to work with. We took her to the party store and she looked at all sorts of paper plates, naming all the characters she knew (SpongeBob, Nemo, Pinkerbell, Mickey Mouse Mouse, etc). [...]
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Seems like all you read on the internet/news is sad things so here is a little story to make you happy.
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As you know, Pookie attends an elementary school in our district, but not near our home. The Autism Program is cored at this particular elementary school who happens to have the room for 2 [...]
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I think I wrote about this on BeAGoodDad.com once, back before he kicked me off his blog. But, I thought I would say it again……a really fun touchy-feely project for ages 2-7 is Colored Rice which can be layered in glass jars or just played with like an indoor sandbox.
To make, just pour a [...]
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We have determined that many of the problem behaviors we are seeing from Pookie lately can be traced back to a common theme. He needs to learn to deal with frustration and communicate his way through it.
Alot of his acting out is due to him feeling frustrated with something and either
1. not being [...]
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I was finally able to volunteer at Geetle’s school on Friday. I was kept away the last 2 times by a school safety lockdown and a teacher vacation day. But I made it on Friday!
My job was to work one-on-one with certain kids to practice reading flashcards and putting words in alphabetical order. [...]
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October 16th 2009
When I got home from grocery shopping tonite, Pookie met me at the door. He looked at the bags I was carrying and held the door open for me. I told him to start taking the food out of the bags and lining it up on the counter to be put [...]
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