Laptop – check; coffee – check; deadline – check; small child squirming on my knee – check. Not exactly the best set up for a productive bout of work. Time for Plan B. Laptop, warm-ish coffee, ever-approaching deadline – check, check, check. ...
parenting
Love You Forever and Ever and Always
I love you my little one. I love you forever and ever and always. But some days I am itching to get out of the house. Alone. Just for a bit of peace. I am tired of peeing with an audience. I am tired of cleaning up the mess when you have to do everything yourself. I am tired. Tired at bedtime when I have to ask you to brush your teeth 10 times. Or sit for 20 minutes while you stumble through reading a new book. Or listening to you tell me you can't sleep when you only just lay down. I am tired ...
Making Healthy Lunchboxes: Creative Meal Ideas for School
Children’s health and nutrition has been at the forefront of parents’ minds everywhere in recent years with the war on obesity. However, when faced with the daily task of preparing a lunchbox, a daunting task, it’s easy to let convenience take the place of a well thought out meal. With that in mind, here are a few changes that can be made to any lunchbox to make it healthier for growing minds, and that parents can enjoy too! Making Sandwiches Healthier Deli meat is a lunchbox ...
Activities for Kids: Baking
Activities for Kids: Baking Getting kids involved in the kitchen early in life has many benefits. Not only can they learn about food and the different ways it can fit together, but they can also learn about nutrition, and even science. Baking is one of the activities for kids also makes them much more likely to eat it when it makes it to the dinner table! Kids can get involved in making anything, but it's easiest to start out with simpler recipes, especially when baking. There are some easy ...
