by Amy LeForge | Aug 15, 2007 | Personal/Personal Growth
Caregivers are heroes. I just spent several days with my grandfather and his wife. Her name’s Anne. She’s my grandmother by marriage, so I’ve always called her by her first name. No disrespect has ever been intended…it’s just that I...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 14, 2007 | Thoughts from Amy
One of my highest aspirations in life is to make people smile. Guess I’m actually making progress on that goal. I just found out I’m nominated for the Hot Stuff award over at GNM Parents. Who woulda thunk it? I’m honored! Thanks to whoever put my...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 14, 2007 | Parenting
Humorous parenting helps me keep my sanity. With the passing of Merv Griffin, I was reminded of a cute story from a few months ago. The boys were dawdling over every task….schoolwork….meals…..chores, and I was having difficulty maintaining my cool...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 12, 2007 | Home Schooling, How To
In the first three entries in this series, we talked about Exploring your options, Investigating the possibilities, and Planning your experience. Today we talk about Purchasing supplies. If you’ve chosen to go with a pre-planned program, then all you have to do...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 11, 2007 | Resources/Reviews
And now for some sites written by moms. 🙂 (I listed some dad sites recently.) Little Mummy is written by Erica, and it’s about life as a new parent. Erica also shares great activity and resource ideas, and her post about making children’s dreams come...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 10, 2007 | Toddlers
How to teach your children to take turns. I don’t know if it was desperation or inspiration, but I timer trained my boys when they were very young. Okay I’ve thought about it. It was desperation. By the time the older boys were 18 months old, I was able...
