Category: Kids/Parenting

Tips, tricks and adventures in parenting two kids.

W is for wacky words

I love the new phrases little kids use!

My favorites from Rebecca:

ackshee . . . (actually)
s’uw (sure, but without the sh. Or the r.)
Kudaihav . . . ? (Could I have . . . ?)
Pe-p’ease? (Pretty please?) (This just recently advanced from “Me-mease?”)
Mayme we can . . . (Maybe—Rebecca is generating alternatives)
F’iends (Friends)

But I think the most surprising recent words were this:

Last night at dinner, we were talking about our visit with Nana (my mom). I asked my son Hayden what his favorite part of the visit was. He decided his favorite part was getting new blocks from Nana.

“Here’s the backstory,” he said. And he proceeded to explain in great detail the shopping trip a week ago when we bought the new blocks.

“It’s great on so many levels,” he concluded.

(!!)

What are your favorite kid phrases?

Tags Pictures, talking, toddler, hayden, preschooler, nana, phrases, blocks

Kids/Parenting Ryan/Married Life

V is for vacuum

Post author By Jordan
Post date 8:12 pm
4 Comments on V is for vacuum

And not just because Hayden likes to do it. (Woot—less work for me!)

I’ve got just five days left for the A to Z blog challenge—and about 18,000 things to get done in the next two weeks. My mom went home today and I’m drained on all levels.

So, for a quick discussion: what’s your least favorite household chore?

Tags chores, discussion

Kids/Parenting

Rebecca hit an important, long awaited milestone this month: potty training! She was so excited to pick out her own “unnerweaws!” (Minnie Mouse). She was less excited for the actual potty training (though she did like the floppy buns I pulled her hair into; “my siwwy eaws!’ [ears]).

We did the Toilet Training in Less Than a Day method again. Although it lived up to its name with Hayden, it took two or three days for it to really click with Rebecca.

(I know. I’m disappointed potty training took three whole days.)

But now, three weeks in, she’s doing absolutely great! She’s afraid of “big poddies” (I had to bring her home in the middle of church yesterday to get her to go), but very good at waiting until we get home.

We’re proud of our big girl!

What milestones have you hit this month?

(Another U note: I taught our preschool for the U week, right before General Conference, so I taught the kids who President Uchtdorf [counselor/assistant to the Prophet] is. When Hayden was learning the planets with Nana this week, she was reviewing and tried to get him to name a planet that began with U. “Planet Uchtdorf!” Hayden declared.)

Tags toddler, potty training, toilet training, potty trained, toilet trained

Kids/Parenting

S is for sigh!

Post author By Jordan
Post date 2:49 pm
3 Comments on S is for sigh!

It’s that feeling when the kids are settled at naps or bedtime—that release when you know you have some time to yourself (even if you’ll probably fritter it all away).

The first thing I do is think about what I want to get done. The second thing is to get on the computer and promptly not do it. (Note to self: time to reread your post on getting off the computer!)

When do you sigh—and what’s the first thing you do?

Tags get off the computer, free time, me-time

Kids/Parenting

R is for Ryan, Rebecca and Rachel

Post author By Jordan
Post date 2:41 pm
2 Comments on R is for Ryan, Rebecca and Rachel

Tags Pictures, rebecca, rachel, ryan

Kids/Parenting

P is for parenting books

I like to read. Some of this comes from a (probably somewhat misguided) belief that I’ll be able to find answers in books. So I’ve read more parenting books than I can remember (let along remember all the advice from!).

While that’s not always true, I have learned a lot from some parenting books. Here are a few that have influenced the way I raise my children: