the life and times of a domestic diva extraordinaire
Posted in Ben, Life at Our House on Aug 22nd, 2007
As a general rule, we do not allow our children to watch TV. Of course, there are exceptions. Ben has an Elmo potty-training video his grandma gave him along with Lady and the Tramp that Steve lets him watch sometimes on the weekend. And my early efforts at potty training consisted of Ben sitting on […]
Posted in Joey on Aug 21st, 2007
You’re never too young to start playing the piano, right? This is my little sweetheart playing his favorite keys on the piano. Oops! He caught me taking pictures of him…
Posted in Knitting on Aug 20th, 2007
When it comes to handpainted yarn, I have mixed feelings. The colorways look so pretty when you shop for them online, but then you get them and they aren’t quite what you expected. Then when you knit them up, you get pooling and striping and all sorts of “effects” (rather than the colors being mixed […]
Posted in Ben, Homeschooling on Aug 17th, 2007
Sometimes the best way to solve problems is indirectly. The spitting thing? Based on my scientific observations (ha! ha!), it’s only a problem when Ben is bored. Keep him busy and spitting isn’t a problem. Yes, boredom is an issue we have with Ben right now. I never had that problem when I was his […]
Posted in Life at Our House on Aug 16th, 2007
Our heat wave has come to an end with the arrival of a weather front that is bringing us rain and thunderstorms. It was raining softly when I woke up this morning. It’s cloudy and dark right now, and everything’s wet. The hourly forecast online says it’s gonna be raining on and off like this […]
Posted in Ben, Joey, Life at Our House on Aug 15th, 2007
It used to be that giving Ben a bath was Steve’s job. But Steve doesn’t like to sit in there with Ben, and what he does instead is stuff like cleaning up the kitchen after supper and tidying the house [things which I definitely am not opposed to]. At times when Ben has played outside […]