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Talking > Playing

We're just children

She's so me af

So unbothered

Having kids starts to get interesting when they actually start talking. I was one of those babies who didn't really start speaking in sentences until I was two. My first sentence was at my Winnie The Pooh-themed second birthday party, where I said, “Pooh fly” after spotting a stuffed animal of Pooh with a balloon in his hand. Since then, I haven't been able to stop talking, much to the amusement and sometimes to the irritation of my parents.

Thanks, sweetie

Poor tooth fairy

Playing with kids is not always the most fun activity for adults. Kids like to play out the same scenarios over and over and over again, and while it's stimulating for them, it's not always the most entertaining experience for the adults playing with them. Despite this, playing with your kids is incredibly important for their development. Playing with your kids or the kids in your life communicates to them that you care about them and their interests. Kids don't want to play forever. In fact, t…

It's weird how your relationship with your parents changes once you have kids. Before you get the job of mommy or daddy , you think you understand why your parents made the choices they did, and you have strong opinions about said choices. Once you have kids, those opinions completely change. You start to understand why your parents were the way they were during your childhood. When you're getting the kind of sleep you get when you have a baby, you understand why your mom didn't want to play wi…

TGIS

Kids are such naturals

He's just like Calvin with the Crisco

It's that time of the year when every school has a million events. One day you're chaperoning a field trip for one kid, and the next day you're attending a choir concert for the other. As a kid, I loved the end of the school year for precisely this reason. I loved being busy! In hindsight, I can only imagine how stressful May was for my parents. Field Day was the best day of my young life, but it likely wasn't my mom's favorite day by any means. Not to mention, kids are so wound up by the beaut…