It took no fewer than six right/left turns, three curvy hallways, and one elevator ride to reach our hotel room yesterday. However, after two trips from car to room, Little One navigated herself there with zero errors - then calmly requested, "'Oom key, peez!" to swipe all by herself.
Clearly she has Daddy's sense of direction.
#naturaltraveler #militarykid
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
You know you're PCSing when...
Took a shower; totally forgot shampoo and only shaved under one arm.
#movingcrosscountry #toomanydetails #needmorerootbeer
#movingcrosscountry #toomanydetails #needmorerootbeer
Monday, July 8, 2013
Parenting Hacks - Part II
Adding to my list of what wasn't included in those parenting books...
• Don’t let your toddler wear clothes while they eat.
• Definitely don’t let your toddler walk while they eat.
• Bibs are stupid. (How does this industry even survive?!) Professional haircutting capes work faintly better.
• Always have steel wool on hand, somewhere in your house.
• If an inanimate object has a voice, the toddler will utterly obey it. Use this to your advantage.
• If they won’t eat that vegetable, try freezing it. Re-serve them the frozen version in a few hours. We’ve no idea why, but this totally works…
• When you must trim those grimy hairs falling in your toddler’s eyes, give them a piece of buttered toast first. Encourage them to rub it all over their head. Way easier to cut oiled hair.
• Expired Alka-Seltzer Tablets make amazing water toys.
• If they are happy at the park, don’t rush away from the park for the sake of your to-do list. It is infinitely better for you to be bored and twitchy than for them to be.
• Don’t let your toddler wear clothes while they eat.
• Definitely don’t let your toddler walk while they eat.
• Bibs are stupid. (How does this industry even survive?!) Professional haircutting capes work faintly better.
• Always have steel wool on hand, somewhere in your house.
• If an inanimate object has a voice, the toddler will utterly obey it. Use this to your advantage.
• If they won’t eat that vegetable, try freezing it. Re-serve them the frozen version in a few hours. We’ve no idea why, but this totally works…
• When you must trim those grimy hairs falling in your toddler’s eyes, give them a piece of buttered toast first. Encourage them to rub it all over their head. Way easier to cut oiled hair.
• Expired Alka-Seltzer Tablets make amazing water toys.
• If they are happy at the park, don’t rush away from the park for the sake of your to-do list. It is infinitely better for you to be bored and twitchy than for them to be.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
How to explain moving to a one-year-old
Husband recently pulled Baby onto his lap and gently explained why so many of the toys and clothes are being packed away.
"See, we're going to get in our car -Momma, and Daddy, and Kitten- and then we're all going to drive for a long, long time. Many days!"
"Bye-bye? Cah?" She confirmed.
"Yes, we'll go bye-bye in the car! And then, one day, after lots of driving, we'll get to a new house! And you'll have a new bedroom! And a new, big yard, where you can run, run, run on lots of grass - and you will have so much fun there! And the clothes and toys will come with us, inside the boxes. They'll ride to the new place, too... ok?"
Rianna quizzically considered this, glancing down at her lap, while we waited to gauge her reaction. (I still wasn't sure she could process all that.) But, seconds later, she lit up, and rapidly signed/said,
"DIFFERENT?!"
Yes, Little One. That's exactly it.
#waytolevelwithaoneyearold #couldnthavesaiditbettermyself
"See, we're going to get in our car -Momma, and Daddy, and Kitten- and then we're all going to drive for a long, long time. Many days!"
"Bye-bye? Cah?" She confirmed.
"Yes, we'll go bye-bye in the car! And then, one day, after lots of driving, we'll get to a new house! And you'll have a new bedroom! And a new, big yard, where you can run, run, run on lots of grass - and you will have so much fun there! And the clothes and toys will come with us, inside the boxes. They'll ride to the new place, too... ok?"
Rianna quizzically considered this, glancing down at her lap, while we waited to gauge her reaction. (I still wasn't sure she could process all that.) But, seconds later, she lit up, and rapidly signed/said,
"DIFFERENT?!"
Yes, Little One. That's exactly it.
#waytolevelwithaoneyearold #couldnthavesaiditbettermyself
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