Posts Tagged ‘mouse’

The Mouse and the Soccer Ball

Tweet The Bear gave basketball a chance. The girl has a bit of game, she does, but she’d tell you straightaway that hoops isn’t her cup o’ tea. She did the floor hockey thing too, but looked, let’s just say, bewildered out...

April 14th, 2013 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

A Kid’s Bedroom Makeover – Part Two

Tweet After days of scraping, sweating, having soggy wet pieces of nursery room wallpaper stuck to my hair, feet, and, well, other parts I won’t mention, and after our handyman had to spend an entire day repairing four beat-to-hell walls, the...

October 9th, 2012 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

A Kid’s Bedroom Makeover – Part One

Tweet The Mouse deserves a new room. She’s been living in the ‘nursery’ since, well, since she belonged in a nursery. She is now approaching 5 1/2. She is in kindergarten. It is beyond time. The Bear got new digs on her 3rd birthday,...

September 19th, 2012 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

Seamless Socks For Sensitive Kids (Or The Most Useful Back To School Post You’ll Ever Read)

Tweet For school-aged children, flip-flop season has drawn to a close. In many households, this means difficult mornings are the new norm as sensory-sensitive kids are made to sock-up five days a week. The Mouse has a serious sock problem. It’s...

August 28th, 2012 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

Creativity And The High-Cost of Scotch Tape

Tweet The Mrs. reminded me today that sometimes you’ve gotta let your 5-year-old unravel half a spool of Scotch tape in the name of creative, independent play. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float:...

July 13th, 2012 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

The Best Way To Start A Day

Tweet There are mornings, and then there are mornings when your 4 1/2-year-old daughter climbs into bed beside you just before the sun begins its losing battle against the predicted rain clouds and quietly and emotively says, as she wraps her short...

January 23rd, 2012 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More

Meet the Mouse – A Quick & Funny Story

Tweet The Bear has gotten a lot of ink – both digital here on OWTK and in the pages of Time Out New York Kids Magazine (she co-authored two articles with me last year). It’s time you meet the Mouse. Here’s a quick, funny story...

February 26th, 2011 | Parenting Blog Humor | Read More