Category: Our Son
What’s the “right” bedtime for kids?
Our kids are almost two years apart but have always had the same bedtime. It’s easier on us that way and the Berenstain Bears do it so it must be OK.
Converting a child’s closet to built-in shelves
When faced with a mess, it’s often our instinct to conceal with storage bins or doors. But in the case of our son’s closet, the answer was actually to remove the doors completely. While it wasn’t a wreck of hidden dirty laundry and… Continue Reading “Converting a child’s closet to built-in shelves”
Learning to ride a bike
I’d been feeling sort of uncomfortable, all winter long, over the fact that our son hadn’t even attempted to learn how to ride a two-wheeler. Not guilty, exactly, but definitely feeling that it was a bit of a parenting fail. Here he was,… Continue Reading “Learning to ride a bike”
When little kids ‘date’ little kids
Our son is “in love” with a girl in his class. They’re getting married, he tells us, and it’s really going to happen because they “hang out almost EVERY day.” He says this part for emphasis because, really, how could that not lead to… Continue Reading “When little kids ‘date’ little kids”
I’ve gone full von Trapp
It started with a set of curtains. I sewed them a couple of years ago for my sister’s living room, back when I made that custom upholstered headboard for her bedroom. (I couldn’t resist doing the living room as well, with some simple curtains… Continue Reading “I’ve gone full von Trapp”
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