On most days, I’m on top of my parenting game: I read with my two-year-old, help him make crafts from Pinterest, and encourage him to help me cook in the kitchen. On those days, I’m an A+ mom. Then there are the other days… the days where I can only take so much of repeating [...]
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My toddler has been subjecting Morris the monkey to eat play dough “sweet potatoes,” complete with a bib that he insists the poor monkey wear. He will also tear the play dough into pieces, just like how his mom and dad dice or mash his food for him. And of course Morris’ meal isn’t complete [...]
One of the boards on the Sleeping Should Be Easy Pinterest account is a “crafts with kids” section, where I pin awesome activities I swear I’ll do with my toddler. Of course I always find some excuse: “But I don’t have tongue depressors handy… I lost the white crayon so now I can’t make the [...]
My two-year-old and I were sitting at his little table molding some play dough. “Let’s make a bowl of soup!” I suggested. I started off with the black play dough and molded a pretty decent bowl, then made the spinach soup out of green play dough. And as I was molding the shapes, I was [...]
At 22 months, LO is chugging along with learning his colors, numbers and alphabet letters. So far, he can identify basic colors (red, blue, green, yellow, purple, orange, pink, purple, black, white, brown). I now have the habit of asking what color something is: “What color is the truck?” He can also identify and say [...]
During today’s walk, LO and I found flowers growing in our neighborhood. I took pictures of them and pointed them out to him. He liked counting them, and fluffing them with his hands. He even picked one and held on to it for the remainder of the walk. I didn’t realize how many varieties we [...]
LO had a doctor’s appointment this past Friday, which I use as an excuse to take the day off from work. My husband decided to do the same, so we ended up with an awesome family day. The appointment was a follow-up to measure his progress with words. The doctor was very pleased to learn [...]
This past Saturday, UCLA Fowler Museum presented a musical show celebrating Fela Kuti in conjunction with the Nigerian exhibit that was coming to an end. I went with LO, my aunt and my cousin to catch some of it. When we got there, they had a girl singing mostly blues type of acoustic music on [...]
LO now has about 100 words he now says on his own. It amazes me that about a month ago I was so anxious and worried about his speech delay. What a sigh of relief to hear “bus” and “cat” and “agua.” He even says “bra” (yes, bra). He can still read letters and make [...]
I’ve been channeling my inner Martha Stewart and finding activities for LO and I to do when we’re home. Since the weather was warm today, I made sponge balls out of regular sponges cut into strips and tied tightly in the middle. I filled a clear bowl with water and showed LO how the sponges [...]
