Testy yet trying

We traveled last weekend. We drove to New Orleans for a wedding. The wedding was lovely. The children were delightful. We couldn't h...

I am not the birthday theme sort. We choose a nice venue and invite friends for company. We have a cake and candles. We sing happy birthd...

Remember that time I let a two-year old Ava walk around with a broken hand for five days before taking her to the pediatrician for an unrela...

A couple of weeks ago I asked you all for some input about "age appropriate" errors and whether, in your experience, they resolve...

It's terribly hard to qualify a speech-only child based upon specific articulation errors because the age range for age of acquisition i...

The new school year is here and Ava is back in her speech therapy group twice a week for 45 minutes. We have a wonderful opportunity to par...

Forgive me while I take a few paragraphs to properly set the scene. I am blessed. My children still nap every afternoon. It takes some ef...

I've seen a ton of sweet first day of school pictures floating around the internet. I particularly liked this one and combined it with...

Daddy has become Dad. Mama has become Mom. Michael articulates the single syllable distinctly and with a flavor of satisfaction. It feels...

Imagine a beautiful sunny evening in a crowded park. My husband and I are pushing the children on side by side swings surrounded by other s...

I finally decided to give Michael free access to a wide variety of art materials. Scissors, tape dispenser, glue, paper, a wide variety of ...

We were getting Michael (age 4 years, 5 months) ready for bed a couple of nights ago and completely out of the blue he initiates the followi...

Michael has chronic nasal congestion. To be honest, we didn't prioritize it until recently. At first he had just started preschool and...

I absolutely love this early reader set published by Usborne . I am in no way affiliated with Usborne, I just got the set for Michael and l...

As such things often are, Michael's pediatrician visit was oddly anti-climactic. I think I tend to build doctor visits up in my head as...

I am trying a free trial of Reading Eggs which is an online reading program. You can sign up for a free two week trial. After you sign u...

I don't remember learning how to read. I just do it. I always did. I don't remember being taught. I certainly don't remember...

We were sitting down to breakfast yesterday when Michael announced that when he grows up he wants to design a huge gun to blast tires in a j...

In retrospect, it is so clear that even as infants my children were not developing typical early communication milestones. The first smiles...

We were having green beans with lunch yesterday. Michael also had some ketchup on his plate. The ketchup was intended to be a dip for his ...