This about the funnest (yes, I know) age to watch your child's artistic talent develop. My Little has pretty much spent her whole fall break drawing, painting, and cutting out various shapes of paper. Cutting, taping, glueing. Of course the nazi mama in me is so tempted to focuses a lot on the mess that
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Going on Six : 7 : Reading
Have you ever had a five year old read you a story? I'm not talking early reader, reading word for word kind of reading. No, I'm talking the animated, highly imaginative version of Count & Color with the Little Monsters. Each page basically says the same phrase: "One little monster is green." "Two little monsters
Going on Six : 6 : Social
I can't tell you how badly I would like to post a video of my Little right now as she stands on top of her bed holding her pink and yellow plastic microphone, tossing her long hair over shoulder, belting out an out-of-tune tune about her missing pet at the top of her lungs. But
Going on Six : 5 : Wonder Woman
Apparently writing for 31 straight days straight with 3 young'uns and their multitudes of activities is kinda... well.... HARD! I could easily just toss something together, chew it up, digest a little, and then throw it up on my page just to have something to show for the day, but that worrisome "comparison monster" rears