Archive for the ‘toddlers’ Category
1
Nov
Posted by joz1234 in Baby Boy, Ernie, drawing, my crafts, things I like a lot, toddlers. Tagged: drawing, Ernie, pencil drawing, sketches, sketching. 6 Comments
I’ve since also reworked the chin area…making the drawing’s chin slightly less “long”…I’ll post the rework later.
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31
Oct
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, Nintendo Wii, discipline, drawing, growing up, housecleaning, humour, medical training, fellowships, relocating, residency, mommies, moms, my crafts, parenting, stuff we do together, things I like a lot, toddlers. Tagged: around the house, art, artwork, Bert, bert and ernie, blog break, bringing up kids, children, diet and fitness, disciplining children, eating healthy with kids, family life, fitness, indpendent children, windows antivirus pro. 2 Comments
Wow! It’s certainly been a while since I was on here actively posting. My life has been busy with kids and work, and tutoring at the Elementary nearby. I needed a “break” from blogging, so I took it. I’m looking forward to posting more here.
Some things that have happened during my break?
-Got more leverage…bought [...]
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22
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, brothers, family, growing up, housecleaning, life's lessons, mommies, moms, parenting, siblings, stuff we do together, teaching, toddlers. Tagged: kids, mommy, playing, mommies, playing with your kids, play. 6 Comments
I have distinct memories of my mother while growing up. I remember her reading, crocheting, quilting, cleaning, bowling or playing softball. She was always present, and always there for me. I don’t have many memories of playing with her though. I was an only child, so I learned pretty early on that I had to [...]
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12
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, growing up, mommies, moms, parenting, sibling rivalry, siblings, silly stuff kids do, toddlers. Tagged: annoying kids, Bert, Ernie, nap time, school. 4 Comments
Is school in yet? The last time I spoke of annoying kids, it was in reference to my older son, Bert, who will be 5 in exactly a week. I took MTAE’s advice which was: “Four year olds want attention…bad attention is still attention. Ignoring works best. If, by 38, they don’t stop with the [...]
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7
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in Baby Boy, Ernie, mommies, moms, parenting, silly stuff kids do, things I like a lot, toddlers. Tagged: boys, toddlers, parenting, kids reading, annoying parents, comparing kids. 21 Comments
I often find it funny that as you meet other friends of little kids, especially toddlers in their first and second year, that you are inevitably going to meet one of those people who continuously have to measure how their kid is doing compared to your child.
Often, the conversation starts something like:
You: Hey, guess [...]
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27
Jul
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, Mean Mommy, Mean Mommy Chronicles, Nature walks, discipline, family, growing up, home, humour, life's lessons, mommies, moms, siblings, toddlers. Tagged: Mean Mommy Chronicles, Mean Mommy, Nature walks, No, sanity. 6 Comments
In this Mean Mommy episode, Bert and Ernie learn are told that it is not a good idea to jump on Mommy’s couches… Whether they learned anything or not remains to be seen.
07/26/2009
“Get off the couches, please. We don’t jump on the couches,” Mean Mommy said as she walked from the living room into her [...]
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21
Jul
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Big Brother, Ernie, brothers, family, growing up, humour, life's lessons, mommies, moms, sibling rivalry, silly stuff kids do, toddlers. Tagged: hitting brother, mommy going crazy, pestering brother, sibling rivalry, sitting on brother. 4 Comments
Is there a Big Brother handbook somewhere out there written in pictures that teaches the art of pestering your baby brother? My son has obviously been to the library without me. Ernie may go crazy from being bothered…and Mommy may go crazy from hearing Ernie’s squeals and cries as Bert bothers him some more.
Some [...]
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21
Jul
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, brothers, family, growing up, mommies, moms, siblings, stuff we do together, teaching, toddlers. Tagged: bedtime routine, fun with kids, learning from music, singing, singing to kids, spelling. Leave a Comment
Every night, when I put my boys to sleep, I sing them a silly song.
“Your my Taco, Your my Taco
T-A-C-O
Your my Taco,
I put cheese on you
and then I take a big bite
da-da-da!”
They love it! When I tuck them in, I ask them what they want to be (Taco, enchilada, burrito, etc)…and what they want [...]
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20
Jul
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Big Brother, Ernie, brothers, family, growing up, life's lessons, mommies, moms, siblings, toddlers. Tagged: brothers, time out, throwing tantrums, tantrums. Leave a Comment
Oh, I am so in for it…..
Ernie is officially throwing tantrums. He is becoming Bert’s Mini-Me! Please save me from this! Ernie’s “No’s” have a squeal…and he jumps up and down as he makes his way to his room.
Bert’s still throwing tantrums. I guess he’d need to pass on the art to his little [...]
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17
Jul
Posted by joz1234 in Ernie, growing up, humour, husband and wife stuff, husbands, life's lessons, mommies, moms, silly stuff kids do, toddlers. Tagged: kids and peeing, peeing on the floor, pottying on the floor, proving my husband wrong. Leave a Comment
So, last night I was sweeping/mopping the kitchen and Doc was doing some work on the computer. Bert was playing and Ernie, well…he was peeing on the floor!!
Yes, you read that correctly! At first I thought he was just squatting and playing with our shoes in the foyer. Apparently not. Our neighbor from across the [...]
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4
Jul
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, Infinity Online Math Tutoring, growing up, health, home, husband and wife stuff, life's lessons, marriage, mommies, moms, things I like a lot, toddlers, tutoring, wahm, work. Tagged: accidents, scheduling, doctors visit, schedules, Infinity Online Math Tutoring, tennis, naps. 3 Comments
I apologize for being somewhat absent for the past 2 weeks. Everything in my house has gotten dirty during this time too. I have been working online on my new tutoring business like crazy. I am getting to the point where I should be able to section off my days again and work a little [...]
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22
Jun
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, growing up, life's lessons, miscellaneous, mommies, moms, stuff we do together, toddlers. Tagged: getting rid of pacifiers, pacifiers. 2 Comments
Thursday, after naptime, I had Ernie come with me to lay down for a couple minutes in my bed while he was “waking up.” This has become sort of an everyday thing for us. We just lay there for a couple minutes until he becomes antsy and says, “Mommy, I still hungry.” Then we get [...]
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18
Jun
Posted by joz1234 in discipline, family, friends, growing up, home, life's lessons, manners, mommies, moms, teaching, toddlers, wahm. Tagged: parenting, raising a family, high standards in the home, well behaved kids. 4 Comments
Do you ever feel like you are being too hard on your kids? Are you nagging a little too much? Establishing high standards for behavior in a household is a lot of work. I am committed to setting those high standards for my children with regards to their behavior because I want them to be [...]
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15
Jun
Posted by joz1234 in Ernie, growing up, health, life's lessons, mommies, moms, silly stuff kids do, toddlers. Tagged: ketchup, kids eating ketchup, toddler eating. Leave a Comment
We made a discovery this past week. Apparently Ernie likes ketchup just enough to try put new foods up to his mouth if things are dipped in it. As of today, I am including ketchup on his plate for every meal. Maybe he will venture out of his little culinary cocoon and experiment. Last night [...]
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2
Jun
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, brothers, family, growing up, life's lessons, marriage, mommies, moms, siblings, stuff we do together, toddlers, work. Tagged: annoying kids, vacation, visiting family. 3 Comments
We are back…
back to normal–that is…
back to our regularly scheduled program…
So, I have to ask–
Anyone know how to explain to a 4 year old that he is being annoying? I try and try, but he just doesn’t grasp the concept. He really can be the sweetest little boy. He’s sensitive and caring. He even let [...]
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