Sometimes Just Do It Doesn’t Work
It’s interesting. I just finished reading an article about kids and food.The mom who wrote the article has a kiddo who won’t eat veggies. She had all these thoughts before she became a parent, no dino shaped nuggets, not being a short order cook etc, and now while in the midst of the journey finds she has had to change some of her expectations and actions… But that’s not what this post is about… As I’m sitting here reading this post I’m thinking to myself, just make him eat it. Then I started to laugh at myself. I have a spirited kindergartner… who is an EXCELLENT eater (thank heaven). I don’t struggle to get her to eat veggies, in fact, I think she’d be a vegetarian if I’d let her. So no, I...
Handling Treats at School… Need your thoughts!
As parents we try to minimize the amount of sugar that Hanna gets. I’m pushing toward eating more whole foods (foods with 5 or less ingredients), and trying to get rid of sugar and white flour as much as possible in our home. The problem comes in at school… I send Hanna a healthy, nutritious lunch every day. Which she eats for the most part… However, there are definitely behavior incentives that come in the form of sugary sweets. There also seems to be a lot of “special occasions” that include sweet treats. Today she came out with a lifesaver, and informed me they’d had sno cones in the gym as well. I don’t want her to be the odd kid out… but I really don’t want her getting that much sugar every day. I spoke...
First Day of Kindergarten
I don’t know whether to jump for joy or burst into tears. My baby girl has started kindergarten. I must say, all the planning I did for breakfast, and lunch really got this day off to a quick and easy start. In fact, we found ourselves twiddling our thumbs and watching the clock for about 10 minutes before we had to leave… but I’ll take it. Here she is all dressed in her new school clothes (That I couldn’t talk her out of wearing, even though it’s going to be 105 degrees today!) and her new backpack. (all packed full of school supplies.) Here she is in her new classroom, already jumping into her work. Here she is with her new teacher Mrs. Schmidt (yes,...
Summer Reading Challenge
I remember, every Summer when I was growing up I was involved in some kind of reading challenge. I think they were usually run out of the library… but I loved them. I love to read, and Hanna loves to read. YAY. Now that she’s out for Summer break and getting ready to go into Kindergarten next year, I think it’s the perfect time to start her Summer Reading Challenges. She’s currently in love with the number 100. So I thought what better number to choose for our challenge. We’ve got lots of books here, but I’d really like to see her read new books for the challenge. I’ve found a few lists online of “must read books before Kindergarten” and of course we’ll be going to the library. I enjoy sharing the...
Kindergarten Books ~ Which are the Best?
Today I need a favor… Hanna’s going to Kindergarten next year, and it appears as though she’s pretty scared about the whole thing. This fear has manifested itself in a few ways that I won’t go into here… She has a “practice” day next week, where she’ll actually go to her new classroom and spend a couple hours in class ~ with some of her classmates, getting to know her new teacher. I’m hoping this introduction will help alleviate some of her fears ~ she’ll at least realize she’ll know people there (her friends from preschool are moving up too), and will get to meet her teacher, and familiarize herself with the new classroom. I would like, in addition to have some books to read with her over the...
When Should Kids Start Team Sports?
This morning as I was taking Hanna to school I realized there was a permission slip in her backpack. Preschool Soccer. (yes, another bad mommy moment ~ the backpack’s been on the hook since Thursday and I just opened it this morning ~ sue me.) *sigh* We saw this permission slip last year, and it was a pretty easy answer for us. No. She had just turned 4, and we felt she was just too young. However, this year, things have changed a little bit, she’s a little older and now I find myself debating the merits. Here’s my pros: She gets to play soccer with her friends. She gets to run and play and be active. She gets to learn about team work. She gets to learn about what it means to be part of a team. (ie you have to be there) She gets to travel...
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