Last night the kids and I drove down to dinkytown to have dinner at Annie’s Parlour with the families of the ever-lovely Shannon and Kirsten. Not long after arriving Annabella announced that she needed to go to the ladie’s room, Red was hot on her heels yelling out his need to join us. No problem. [...]
Nov
12
Out of the Mouths of Babes
We’ve been working on something with Annabella. She’s getting a lot of positive reinforcement. Redding sees this. For a few weeks now I’ve been working on getting Red to sleep in underpants. He wants nothing to do with them. Hasn’t wet a pull-up in a long, long time now. But he’d rather wear the same [...]
Nov
08
You Gotta Have Goals
Redding goes to preschool at a local high school. He loves that he gets to have all kinds of ‘teachers’ in his classroom. When we were leaving school today he noticed a trophy case near the front door, for the first time. He oohed and awed at all the various trophies, then he pointed at [...]
Nov
01
Christmas Lists
It is just the day after Halloween and already this evening Annabella has helped Redding write a Christmas list. It is ridiculously cute. So far, he would like: – Toy Robot – Game Pad (I think that is an iPad) – Candy (as if he didn’t get enough last night) – Drink Toy (a toy [...]
Oct
27
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Redding is just full of them today. We were leaving his preschool, on our way to run an errand and he asks, “Mama, are we on Main St.?” “We were just on Main St. but then we turned onto Coon Rapids Blvd.” Incredulous, he quickly throws out, “Mama, did you just say that we are [...]