Tag: kids
member name: Janna O'Donnell
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April 07, 2007 11:09 AM EDT --
She's my fourth child. I've done the potty training before with 2 boys and a girl. The boys were potty-trained just short of 3 years old and the girl at about 2 1/2. Little Miss . . .
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October 14, 2007 01:30 PM EDT --
Dear Potential Buyer,
As you walk into this house, empty and quiet you might be deceived into thinking that it is only a thing of wood and tile, sheetrock and carpet. You might add those things . . .
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December 07, 2006 02:26 PM EST --
Sometimes I hesitate to send things out to friends about my younger son because even though I want to share things about him, I don't think most people would understand. At first it . . .
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December 29, 2007 06:01 AM EST --
Those of you with young children know that they are famous for singing lyrics differently than they were written. My youngest is three this Christmas and she has been dancing in front . . .
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March 27, 2008 01:16 PM EDT --
After a trying morning of grocery shopping with all 4 kids, I was putting Little Miss down for her nap.
As I bent to kiss her and she asked for the millionth time, "Where's Daddy?" . . .
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August 25, 2008 11:41 AM EDT --
I suppose we're a little weird, but we've always wanted to go on a llama hike since we first heard about them on our honeymoon 11 years ago in Ashville, North Carolina. We were rained out . . .
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September 21, 2008 07:18 PM EDT --
Why is it that kids ask the most difficult questions when you're driving in traffic? Maybe it's an instinct that says, "No way for her to dodge this one. She's trapped." . . .
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February 10, 2007 05:13 AM EST --
My husband and I were having no success in finding a babysitter for our four children for an event. We were discussing options at the dinner table when our oldest son, 8 years old, chimed in. . . .
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February 18, 2007 09:47 PM EST --
My oldest has been learning the multiplication tables so I've become familiar with many ways to help him drill and practice. After testing many methods, here are the ones that worked the best . . .
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September 17, 2007 07:42 AM EDT --
Many of you were kind enough to read my article about trying to potty train my youngest, If You're So Smart, Why Are You Still In Diapers. After reading it, some of you asked to be informed when . . .
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June 06, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
The kids and I go on an evening walk around the neighborhood every week day. Last evening we found a Giant West African Land Snail making his leasurely way down the road. His shiny, beautifully . . .
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March 18, 2008 12:15 PM EDT --
Dear Smokers,
I would like to begin this letter by stating that I support your right to smoke. I don't smoke and I never have but this is a free country and I believe you should have the . . .
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October 12, 2008 07:35 PM EDT --
My youngest daughter amazes me with her ability to charm people regardless of race or age. Wherever we go, it's practically guaranteed that someone will approach us and comment on how adorable/cute/charming . . .
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November 08, 2007 07:31 AM EST --
I homeschool my 4 children ages 2, 5, 7, and 9 and every morning we read a Bible story together. Lately the kids and I have been reading in Exodus about the Israelites and how they complained . . .
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March 20, 2008 07:22 AM EDT --
Since in my lexicon the only time I'd heard of an Easter Bonnet Parade was when I watched an old movie where Julie Garland was singing about it, I was surprised when we were invited to attend one . . .
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May 28, 2008 12:07 PM EDT --
Of all of the things I was to teach my children as a homeschool mom, reading was the one I was most concerned about. It seems silly considering I'm a certified teacher and I've . . .
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April 20, 2009 07:41 AM EDT --
My four year old has had an unusual childhood living abroad. She's had friends from Ireland, Denmark, Sweden and Canada. Perhaps it's not too strange that her imaginary friend lives in . . .
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January 04, 2007 09:33 AM EST --
My oldest son is "What If." If there is a pretend scenario that I have not heard and responded to, I don't know what it would be. "What If " speculates on subjects like . . .
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April 16, 2007 10:01 PM EDT --
When I had a 3 ½ year old, a 2 year old and was pregnant with my third child, I dreaded going out on rainy days. We were too big to fit under one umbrella (okay I was too big) and I needed . . .
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May 10, 2008 11:38 PM EDT --
A baby is born. It lies sweetly in the cradle, it cries, it coos and gurgles. You're smitten. Months go by and the little angel learns to crawl. You long for the day the child . . .
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