Milestones
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012I love the days I can see the growth in Atticus’ maturity. You know the moments I mean. Asking to go to bed rather than being told, helping clean up a mess he made, etc. Today was another one of those days. Today was his first day back after winter break. It’s pretty typical for [...]
My Take On Whining
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011As most toddlers do, Atticus whines. He whines a lot. Mark and I have tried various methods to try to curb it but they aren’t really working. Then it hit me. I understand why he whines. I should probably start by saying that we believe that babies cry for a reason. They don’t do it [...]
The Unwanted Milestones
Sunday, November 20th, 2011The title is referring to a parenting milestone more than a tot milestone. However, I supposed one was reached on both sides the yesterday. The backstory- Someone rude well-meaning lady woke Atticus up from his nap yesterday by yelling “THAT’S SO COOL!!” in our direction after I’d taken great care to get him out of [...]
It’s a right of passage
Sunday, September 18th, 2011Or so I’ve been told. This morning I went to the grocery store while Atticus and Mark stayed home for some father and son time. When I got to the car, I looked at my phone and saw Mark had called twice. I got a little worried. I was within walking distance of our house, [...]
The funny thing about toddlers
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011Those puppies change their mind like there is no tomorrow. Seriously. A few months ago Atticus was obsessed with the vacuum cleaner. His obsession was more than just wanting to pretend to use it. He wanted all the attachments to fit together in a certain order which is a case of round peg/square hole. You [...]
Toddlers and Their Heart Attack Inducing Skills
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011My friend Alena over at Charmingly Chandler inspired me to write a post about the crazy things Atticus has done over the past few weeks. I don’t even know where to begin. I suppose it would be the day I regretted removing the baby gate from the stairs. I should preface this by saying that [...]
Potty Learning
Sunday, June 26th, 2011When Atticus’ school rolled over from regular year to the summer program most of his class moved up. Had he been born a few months earlier he would have followed his classmates. Instead, he and a few others stayed behind to be the “leaders” in the class. They get the chance to show all the [...]
My Heartmelts
Thursday, June 9th, 2011I’m sure I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again… Atticus never ceases to amaze me! Some times a whole week can go by and I won’t see a huge leap developmentally speaking. Then we have weeks like this! It all started Tuesday while I was cooking lunch. When I make pasta, I typically [...]
Nature vs. Nurture
Friday, June 3rd, 2011This has been a topic that has started to come up at lot lately. Atticus is starting to develop his imagination and it’s a lot of fun watching him pretend to vacuum the living room, water the plants, and use his dump truck to move sand around his sandbox. All of those above things he’s [...]
If only he had three feet
Friday, May 13th, 2011Lately Atticus has become obsessed with his shoes. He’ll bring one to me and say “shooshoo” while trying to lift one foot. Of course I help him put it on. Then he’ll bring me the other shoe and again “shooshoo,” so we put on the other shoe. Usually, he’ll go on his merry way wearing [...]