Wish List Item #1 March 16, 2007

As some of my loyal visitors (those few that are out there) may note, I’ve really been horrible at keeping up with this blog. But I really do “think” about all the things I want to blog about, but when I finally have the time to sit down at my laptop, I’ve forgotten everything.

But one thing I’ve noticed lately, is my ever-growing *wish* list. You see, living on our family’s frugal budget prevents me from buying all those things that my materialistic side tries to convince my “down to earth” side that I need. Oddly enough, my husband has no problem with me buying stuff for myself - because I really never do buy myself anything. Anything I buy is usually for someone else - like the kids.

So I live vicariously through others, drool at the cool things I come across on the Internet, and mentally add it to my looooong wish list thinking someday I’ll remember it and buy it when our family income has increased dramatically - which I hope is not too long off, because let’s face it…I’m getting old.

So what kind of stuff is on my wish list - I’m sure you guys are all dying to know. So every now and then (when my memory doesn’t fail me) I’ll share something from that every growing list of things that are just out of my reach…at least for now.

(Phewww! Laptop almost crashed and this blog entry was almost lost into the black hole of oblivion…Mental note: add laptop to wish list…)

I’ve been wanting one of these for a while. Not much of a jewelry person, but I think I would wear this one for sure:

It’s a mommy ring - sterling silver with your children’s names engraved. Not sure why I’m so in love with it…maybe it’s the simplicity of the design - yet it’s meaningful. It can be found at Nell and Lizzy’s online shop.

 

 

Kid Flicks February 13, 2007

What would you consider to be a kid’s flick…kid meaning preschool/early elementary in my case? My boys got the Cars DVD for Christmas and they just LOVE it.

I’ll be honest, I have yet to watch the entire movie, and maybe I should have “screened” it first. From what I’ve seen, it doesn’t seem all that bad EXCEPT when the characters refer to the town as “Hillbilly He(double hockey sticks)”. I try to fast foward past these parts since J is at an age where his he seems to be picking up “interesting” words to add to his vocabulary. This movie is rated “G” too. Couldn’t they have used a different word instead of He(double hockey sticks)? Luckily, he hasn’t picked up this word yet!!

So what movies have you all found to be great for younger kids (not too scary and without profanity)? I heard Curious George and Robots were good picks…any other suggestions?

ABC’s and 123’s January 24, 2007

Here is my kid’s product recommendation for the week (or month maybe - who knows when I’ll get around to finding something else to recommend):

I know, I know…Initially, when I heard “Kumon”, it made me think of those over-achieving parents who were pushing their kids at a young age - preparing them for the ivy leagues. Now, I don’t know if I would ever send my kids to Kumon (or if I would ever be able to afford to do so), but J really loves these cards. It basically teaches them how to write the uppercase letters by tracing it. He loves using the dry erase marker that comes with the cards and erasing it himself. They also have the same cards but with numbers.

And also, little books that help them with pasting which is supposed to “develop fine motor control and spatial reasoning skills by pasting paper parts and objects on to designated spots in order to complete fun art projects”.

And another for cutting which is supposed to “develop their manual dexterity.”

These are the ones he got for Christmas from his aunt, and he loves to do all of them..He is always asking to do a “project.” Not sure how the other Kumon books are for this age level, but once we are done with these, I’m going to try the others out!