We began today with an Easter egg hunt. Since there aren’t pre-made candy items that Sarah can have, the chocolate that I make can’t be out of the fridge too long or it might melt, and Sarah can’t have eggs, I hid plastic eggs (as I have in years past). This year I put slips… Read more »
March 2016
March 20
My sweet Amy just turned 5. I love how driven she is to create art. I love how she always wants to be dressed appropriately for any occasion (what is appropriate is determined by her) and changes her outfit about 20 times a day. I love how she creates pretend treats that are assembled from… Read more »
March 13
We let Sarah take Monday-Thursday off from kindergarten. We decided each day at a time. If she said she didn’t want to go I said that was ok. It felt really good to back off from pushing her at all (realizing from the previous week that pushing her to go was not benefitting anyone and… Read more »
March 6
This felt like a hard week and I wanted to wave my flag of surrender many a time. Sunday night Sarah got sick with a tummy bug. I spent the night on her floor so I could be ready at a moment’s notice to hold a bowl for her in case she had more puke… Read more »