Parenting Advice: Power Tools

Power tools, even the toy versions (see below), should never be allowed at the dinner table. For when they are submerged in a bowl of yogurt and the trigger is pulled by a mischievous 2.5-year-old, walls, floors, and brothers will be covered in yogurt shrapnel. The pure pleasure in Max's eyes when he admired the outcome of his work made me realize that he could care less about any punishment I gave him.

Good Morning

A rainy morning calls for bagels on the couch and Monsters Inc. with my brother.

Parenting Advice: Top drawer no-no's

Don't leave any form of cream, lotion, Vaseline in your child's top dresser drawer. Even if it is hidden under diapers and you think they won't find it, their mess-making boy radar will locate that stuff and encourage them to squirt it all over their carpet, bed, wall, and brother. Keep in mind this will take place during the 3 minutes it took you to change a load of laundry.

I Love My Job

Friday was spent watching my little guys play at the splash park with a few of my mommy friends and their kids. Yeah, definitely don't miss my 9-5er.
The adorable photos are courtesy of Rachel Minyard Photography.

Picture of the Day - 3/6/2011

Sammy is turning into quite the character. He was cracking himself up with these glasses.