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A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read – Mark Twain
One of the activities I enjoy thoroughly with my children is reading aloud to them. I enjoy being read to as well. And these days no one ever reads to me anymore. Understandably. And so, I . . . → Read More: Reading and Discovering Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
It has been parched and hot for the past two days. Our washed laundry gets dried in less than . . . → Read More: Refreshing To be in your child’s memories tomorrow, be in his life today.- Anonymous
During our waking moments, we are constantly in motion. There is always a boy who needs to go somewhere to attend something sometime during the day. My spouse is, of course, out throughout the day at work. . . . → Read More: Pups and Boys The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe. – Lawrence Kutner
Little Simon is having so much fun with the markers and pencils. Our whole house is his drawing canvas. He likes especially permanent markers on the white board and, washing machine. Well, it was . . . → Read More: It’s Fun being Three!
Oh! What wonderful news! Our mother hamster has given birth again to her third litter of pups. We counted and there were seven babies this time round. The male and female were separated, but our eleven year old put them together again. He said he wanted them to make more . . . → Read More: A New Beginning and An abrupt End Not having children makes less work – but it makes a quiet house. – Susan Glaspell, Trifles.
Nowadays, instead of wearing my running shoes in the mornings, I put on an apron before resuming household chores. The toddler is quick to realise that if I am in an apron, there will be no . . . → Read More: Never A Dull Moment
“If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If you fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters how you are going to finish. Are you going to finish strong?” - Nick Vujicic
James is nine years old. He loves . . . → Read More: A boy’s Dream You cannot catch a child’s spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return. – Arthur Miller There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. – Walt Streightiff
Brian turned 6 on 14 April. . . . → Read More: Brian Turned 6! “In life you have a choice: Bitter or Better? Choose better, forget bitter.” Nick Vujicic
So many chores to be done in so little time. Nowadays I wear a watch to keep time. Wake up at 6am. Send Daniel off to school at 6.35am. Wake Brian up at 7.30am. The lazybones . . . → Read More: Overwhelmed “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein Last Friday, the boy went to school in a creased shirt. It was only seven in the morning and my ears were already filled with complaints and grunts and groans from an eleven year old. The day didn’t start . . . → Read More: A million mistakes |
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