Archive for September, 2009

Snozzberries

September 24th, 2009 by Dionna - 3 Comments

Kieran never ceases to amaze me. We really don’t actively “teach” him much of anything , but he seems to pick it all up (we have actively taught him signs, but now that he’s talking we don’t focus on new signs like we should). Tonight he showed me that he…

Smile!

September 20th, 2009 by Dionna - 3 Comments

Today’s post is merely to share a few things that have made me smile today. My sister‘s boyfriend, Darin, stayed with us last night. He and Tammy are almost as crazy about Kieran as Tom and I are, and we were very excited that he was coming over to visit….

My Response to Your Comments on Spanking

September 19th, 2009 by Dionna - 13 Comments

Thanks for your comments!! I started to reply with a comment of my own, but it got so long I decided to make it a post instead. Goodson Family – it is hard to be gentle sometimes. I have recently read about half of Naomi Aldort’s book “Raising Our Children…

Poor Jack-jow

September 18th, 2009 by Dionna - 13 Comments

We are entering the hitting phase. It started a month or so ago, and I cannot wait for it to be over. I’ve searched several places for help, only to come to the conclusion that hitting seems to be a fairly common part of toddlerhood. I noticed during my reading…

A Jedi You Will Be

September 17th, 2009 by Dionna - 8 Comments

I saw this picture yesterday and really love it. Tom and I were discussing the best way to caption it, but I am not enamored with any of our suggestions. Tom: “It should say ‘President Obama-Wan Kenobi.’” Dionna: “No, it should say ‘Isn’t he dreamy?!’” Tom: (rolls eyes) Dionna: “Ok,…

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