Monthly Archives: October 2013

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GINGERBREAD MEN AT HALLOWEEN DIY WTF

Posted on October 30, 2013 by mamaschmama

Wanting to get a head start on the holidays? Cut out a gingerbread man shape from brown paper and have your kid glue googly eyes on him. Take white paper and draw the outline of the gingerbread man.  Have your

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I WANT YOU TO READ A BOOK

Posted on October 27, 2013 by mamaschmama

I’m a busy person with lots of responsibilities and I read The Mother of All Meltdowns. Do you feel motivated to read the book yet? NO?!? I can tell you’re already forming a comment for me like “Jean, seeing a

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THERE IS NO POO IN TEAM

Posted on October 21, 2013 by mamaschmama

Team, now that you’re playing in the bathtub we need to have a talk. I just got all the toys out of this bathroom and I want us to try to keep it that way.  Toys in the bathroom make

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BLACK AND WHITE

Posted on October 21, 2013 by mamaschmama

When my children were infants, they played with toys and books that were black and white.  Infants have poor eyesight and I read somewhere that they could recognize black and white images best.  It was their entry into seeing the

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WHATEVER, SLEEP DEPRIVATION

Posted on October 18, 2013 by mamaschmama

Complaining about sleep deprivation is ridiculous.  Yeah, I said it.  I’m throwing down the gauntlet (or pillow) because we need to suck it up and learn to embrace sleep deprivation as a busy-all-the-time adult.  It’s doing us a lot of

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