I've been really struggling with what to do with this blog, it was a fun thing for me for a while, I love that I can look back at old posts and remember things that I may have forgotten without it. It's a nice creative outlet for me and it has helped my writing skills a bit too (though, I'll admit, they are still lacking).
My reluctance to continue comes from a few different areas. The first started a long time ago and to sum it up without details would be to say "family drama". The next reason is that I read A Stolen Life. I've always known there were creepers out there so I kept nude pictures off the site, I dress the kids modest (not like long dresses or pants, but the only short shorts Fiona wears are for under dresses, no triangle top swim suits, etc), but this book made me think that's not enough. If you haven't read it, there is a part in the book where the man sends his wife to go play with kids in the park and he sits in the car taking pictures of girls doing the splits or bending over fully clothed. Yuck! I know there aren't a lot of people out there like that, but a few is enough for me to reconsider a public blog with the kids pictures. The last reason is that it became a chore, after finding out about reason #1 I felt super cautious about what to talk about so I wasn't really able to be myself, and some things I didn't blog about at all.
I have had my other blog for a while that I haven't known what to do with, so I'm going to launch that one with more info on parenting style, craft projects, some stories about the kids (and pictures, just haven't figured this out yet) and hopefully some of my thoughts on stuff. Then, I'll wait a little while and make this one private. No guarantee on how well I'll be able to keep both going so this one might not get many posts, but I'll just have to see how it goes.
If you are reading this will you please comment of e-mail me so I can add you to the list of people with access. It will be open to anyone I know (even if I just know you through the blog) that wants to continue reading.
Here's the other blog, I'm really excited about it, I have a lot of ideas ready for it, hopefully I can launch it tonight. :)
So come over here and start following me!!
www.claresparentingadventures@blogspot.com
Monday, May 7, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Christmas Morning
Christmas was so much fun this year, both kids are at an age where opening presents is a fun thing. Fiona was way into hearing about Santa and Jesus and all other Christmas things in between. We found a church a few months ago that we have really been enjoying so we had planned to go to the 6pm Christmas Eve service but Fiona didn't nap (I think she may be about to drop her nap because she only took one in a full week. She has now been sick for 3 days so she has slept a lot this weekend) she was so grouchy by 4pm that we were just afraid of how she would do during the service. So we changed our plans and ate dinner early and went to bed early, after getting new Christmas eve Jammies. In the morning everyone's moods had improved greatly. I made cinnamon rolls the night before and popped them in the oven while we opened presents. JR's mom, Bindy, came up around 8:10 so she got to see the kids opening most of their presents.
James with his band in a box maracas:
Getting the hang of it, with some help:
She didn't need any convincing to start opening presents:
Santa brought puppets!
Latches board/puzzle, one of the favorites of the day:
The aftermath:
Santa brought Just Dance Kids 2 for our Wii, JR was tired of getting his butt kicked so he changed into better dance clothes (I still beat him):
Playing with Grandma, can you tell? I totally failed at taking pictures after the initial ones. Once Bindy got here I was too busy talking and opening toy packages. Mama B, you need to come back soon so I can get pictures. Sorry!
Fiona's solar powered LED lit bamboo wood dollhouse, it's a hit with everyone:
The people must have been eating on the patio, with the Duplo Cars Car. She set this up herself, I though it was super cute.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Still here, still no motivation (well, some, because I've just created a post!!)
Harold with his purple crayon (which apparently only about 20% of the population know this story, who knew?!)
Kitty cat
Looking at these pictures make me realize how bad he needed a hair cut. I cut his hair, didn't do too bad, hopefully I can perfect my skills before he's old enough for his friends to make fun of him. :) (Pics later)
Looks fun, but she was trying to run away from me so I couldn't get her picture. Hahaha, turned out to be a great picture!
Warmer fall day...long gone.
Love this toy!
"Mommy, I think you should get off of the trike." "Oh, why can't I ride it?" "I'm afraid you might break it."
Sorry I've been absent, I saw that I still have blog hits so that motivated me to keep posting. Thanks to anyone who is still here. JR got a promotion and with that he accepted a different shift, 9am-6pm which in actuality means he gets home on average around 7:30pm every night. Sucks, but hopefully he can switch back soon. The end of the day my computer time is Facebook or Babycenter (very little thinking!), but I've been wasting too much time there, I need to make an effort to blog much more!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Spray, squirt, pour, and splash!
A few months ago I found the Play at Home Mom blog, it has changed our house in a huge way. One of their main focuses is giving your kids freedom to be creative and to learn through play. I've never been afraid of the kids getting messy, but this is totally letting go (as you saw in the previous post). I saw this idea on their blog and I knew Fiona would love all the different pouring, spraying, squirting etc. She also really loves mixing colors.
The Play at Home Moms (PAHMs) set up an invitation and just let the kids at it without any instruction, this part is really hard! So here is the invitation that I set up while the kids were napping. Different bottles from around the house, each with water and different color food coloring. This was also really fun for me as I was playing with my manual photography skills.
This is what she started with, she actually looked at me for approval when she started to pour, I just nodded and after that she went with it. Oscar wanted to see what was going on but with one pour of water he was out.
Pour:
Squirt:
Shake:
Drip:
James wasn't into it yet, sticks were much more fun:
Love the concentration!
She was frustrated with the dropper because she was trying to shake the water out, so I showed her how to squeeze it.
Airplane:
After about 15 minutes she finally discovered the sprayer, a favorite after that.
James joined in.
Peek-a-Boo!
Oh, I can spray James with this!
F.J. the bartender
I brought a nectarine out to share, but James wouldn't let go of it. Nomnomnom...
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