This video was mainly recorded for family, but after TJ’s masterful performance, I thought I’d share with the world. I asked him to talk about Christmas morning and what he got… This is his response.
Tags: christmas, videos
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No matter what holiday your family celebrates, your preschooler or kindergartener is going to be home from school next week. Maybe vacation started today, but you’ll have them home tomorrow for sure. (Unless your school has a very different schedule.) What are you going to do with them?
For preschoolers, they’re just getting used to the whole routine of going to school. If this is their first year in preschool – or kindergarten, if they never went to preschool - they may not understand what this whole “school vacation” thing is about. I remember that TJ was an absolute beast during his first school vacation because, in his mind, he should be in school, and telling him that none of his friends or teachers would be there just wasn’t cutting it.
So you want to keep them busy!
Tags: kindergarteners, preschoolers
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I wanted to do something fun for Christmas, since there’s so much unnecessary stress in the world, so I decided to put myself out there… singing. I give you a video of me singing “Santa Baby” in the style of Madonna. My apologies for the fact that you can barely hear the karaoke instrumentals I was using from Spotify and the fact that I didn’t bother doing my makeup.
I do highly recommend downloading the Madonna – Santa Baby
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone!
I’m hoping my use of this song would be considered fair use, as I am encouraging folks to purchase the original track so the royalties go to the proper folks. Madonna’s version of “Santa Baby” appeared on the album A Very Special Christmas
Tags: christmas, karaoke, music, video
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Originally posted elsewhere on February 3, 2011.
We’ve all had something that’s been a struggle with our 3-5 year olds: using the toilet, getting ready for bed, eating healthy foods… I could go on, but you get the idea. You beg, you plead, you may threaten to take things away if they don’t do as you say, but nothing seems to work. This is the time when you may want to consider using a sticker chart.
I’ve written about sticker charts on my blog before. We started using them with TJ at age 3 because he was getting out of bed so early. By offering him stickers as a reward for staying in bed later, we were able to change his behavior so that he wasn’t getting up with the sun every day. Once he got a certain number of stickers on his chart, he knew that we would take him to the store to buy him a $5 toy.
Tags: behavior, kids, preschoolers, stickers
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Originally posted elsewhere on December 2, 2010.
While toddlers may get excited about the thought of getting presents from Santa on Christmas, it’s the preschoolers who actually start grasping the concept. My son TJ is in total awe of Santa Claus, and my normally skittish boy will happily sit on Santa’s lap in the mall to tell him what he wants for Christmas. (Photo below obviously not my son!)
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So Kim from From My Corner of Saratoga asked me if I could create a healthy meal for four for $10. I had a perfect example in my head as soon as I thought about it.
Healthy Chicken Parmigiana Recipe
Tags: recipes, healthy eating, Picky Eater Recipes
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The holiday season is upon us. It can be a difficult time when arguments, mistakes, misunderstandings, betrayals, and other unpleasant things get in the way of getting in that holiday spirit – especially if you’re the one who screwed up and you don’t know how to make it right.
Maybe you’re just not good with words, or maybe you usually are, but you don’t know where to start.
Let me write an apology letter for you.
It’s the gift they’ll never be expecting. And it’s not just stuff. It means something. Maybe it’s what you need to move on from whatever it is that’s going on.
Tags: apologies, Holiday Gift Guide, I'm sorry
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This is a rare post from me where I just shoot out some straight up shopping links without having reviewed the products. But these Black Friday deals from Broadcast Bloggers only went live for me to see at midnight, and as I’m about to head out to do some real life shopping of my own, there isn’t much time for finesse. Disclosure: I do receive a small commission on each purchase made from my blog.
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Product Details:
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