Kids Toddler Boutique

For a much needed rest and rejuvenation, we are taking time off in a few weeks, just the husband and I and we are sending the kids off to their grandparents. One of my younger kids has so lovingly reminded me to pack her Lady Bug Yard Twin Quilt with Pillow Sham, a favorite of hers. She does this whenever she goes on a sleepover to Grandma’s. One time we forgot about this and she was quite a handful to take care of according to my Mother. I don’t know if there is some connection to the bedding and her behavior, but I am not taking chances. My husband and I are supposed to be gone for two weeks and I hope to not give our chosen “sitters” a difficult time with the kids.

I found out that my kids are now on Facebook. Thanks to their elder brother, my tweener, my younger ones all hold Facebook accounts. I found them all together one time huddled in the children’s Firefighter Table & 2 Stool Set with our eldest playing on his laptop and my two younger kids sharing computer time in their father’s laptop. The sight is something that warms my heart, all of my three kids technically bonding together. My eldest said he helped the younger ones open an account, so they could play the online games together. I’m all fine by that really, except I had wished they had discussed this with me first.

One of the most difficult things that most teens go through as they grow older would have to be depression. As I was trying to hook my son’s alpha bravo charlie valence, I heard on the news that apparently three kids supposedly committed suicide in a well known university. As a parent, it’s impossible not to worry for your child at a time like this, especially since my own son will is showing signs of lethargy. Maybe I’m just being paranoid, but it’s hard not to notice the difference in your child especially since you would see them every single day.

My daughter and her friend have just spend the entire weekend playing and talking. Her friend slept over for the weekend since her parents went out of town for their anniversary, so I offered to watch over her child for some time. I helped them go bake cookies and watched them as they played in the yard with the walk a buddies princess coach. They also played house in the backyard using a tent. Each of them pretended to be a mom for their favorite dolls and cooked for them as well as changed them. They even asked me for tips on how to take care of their “baby” properly. It was quite amusing to watch them feed their baby dolls properly.

For my nephew’s first doctor check up as a bigger child, he had ask his mom to bring his colorful sea pillow with him. His mom had made sure that everything else is prepared for him, such as keeping him comfortable on the way to the clinic, or having the treats he would like, afterwards. She had even prepared him emotionally coaching and teaching him what the child can possibly expect during the check-up. This is all fine and dandy only that she forgot about preparing herself.

My little girl has been planning for some time about her upcoming day off with her Dad. My husband and I have done this before and we’ve both decided that it will be a good idea to allocate one day each month where I could hang out with the boys and he could hang out with our little girl. I think it will be good for our children to bond with us and vice versa. My daughter, right now, is thinking about bringing her favorite li’l surfer step stool. Since they might go out and hang out somewhere in the park for a long time.

Friends of ours who have been married sometime July last year are bent on having their first baby be born in the year 2012, the year of the dragon. They are strong believers in the Eastern culture, being raised in a Chinese environment. So that’s like almost two years away. And right now, they are truly just enjoying each other as a couple, which I think is really cool.

But after seeing my kids’ Rock a Buddies Rocker chair, the wife seems to have her desire to bear a child kick in.

There’s no denying that baby slings are ever so popular today. You’ll find almost all new mothers wearing and using them at some point in their baby’s life. My expectant mother friend, Kylie, asked me if they were reliable and safe to use since she’s heard news of how these baby slings could potentially turn deadly and suffocate a child. We were putting up a soccer valence in her son’s room when she asked me this and I felt that I needed to point out my experiences.

When the three year old daughter of a friend throws a temper tantrum, she would usually cry and cry while sometimes stomping her feet or bang her fist against something. One time I saw her banging her Princess Vanity Table & Chair Set that it almost broke. Such a little kid alright, but when she doesn’t get what she wants, she can be very destructive.

My friend says that it is worse when they are out on public. What she usually does though is to let her be. She allows her daughter to throw the tantrum fits. The psychology in this is that, the more you pay attention to this, the worse it can get.

For most parent’s or women, it’s often hard to deal with stepchildren. More often than not, they have no idea what to expect from the situation. My friend, one time, came rushing through my front door in the dead of the night because she couldn’t take her stepchild. Apparently, she got her own son a new James twin quilt with pillow sham since the old one desperately needed changing. However, when the stepson found out, they’re about the same age, he got mad and ripped the bedding apart. Well, he pretty much placed a hole in the middle of the new quilt. The kid’s father, her husband, was out of town and it was tough to handle the child alone. She had to leave her stepson back to her mother in law because it was so tough for her to not get mad and upset around the child.

I recently found a slug of vegetables tucked away in my son’s Dino Dave Twin Quilt with Pillow Sham set and I think I pretty much know why he stuck it there. I have a hard time feeding him vegetables. When it comes to that, he and I sometimes fight over it. I have no problem feeding him anything else. Like most children, he just hate eating his greens and beans.

So, what I’ve learned to do afterwards, after having to deal with countless whining at the dining table (whining from either him or myself, when I couldn’t handle it anymore), is to sneak in some of these vegetables into his food.

When I first read the fact that it’s possible to be pregnant and actually not know it, it came as a bit of a shock. I didn’t think that is was possible. However, I realized that it is possible to be well on the way and not realize it at all. My friend knew this all too well, when the only time that she found out that she was pregnant was when she was fixing her anna’s dream twin quilt with pillow sham and got stomach cramps. When she had herself checked in her local clinic, she found the biggest surprise of all, that she was already 7 months pregnant. She realized that she gained weight, but it wasn’t really noticeable all that much.

With my husband away for the weekend, I’m looking for some cuddling time with my kids while on their bed, sharing and squeezing into aSports Center Twin Quilt with Pillow Sham together. We’re going to have movie night this Saturday evening and for this, I’ve picked some of the best movies to watch.

My choices include the following for our “date night”:

1. Up – I’ve seen this movie over three times. Some suspension of disbelief is required but you got to admit this movie is both for child and adult entertainment. And who can ever forget that Married Life scene, huh? My kids have seen this movie over and over too but they so love the dog, Kevin and little Ralph, they don’t mind watching it again.

Recently, my husband got called for jury duty so he was noticeably absent especially when deliberations went on for a long, long time. The kids, obviously wondering where their father went, started to notice. But Kyle, was probably the one that got the most curious when I tried to explain how jury duty works. Even when I was tucking him into bed in his cool skate twin quilt with pillow sham, he was asking me why we have to do jury duty and what we do. Essentially, I understood him because I didn’t quite understand everything clearly until I got older as well.

I just added this Game On Twin Hugger for my son’s bed to completely coordinate this sports themed look we got going for his room. Though he shares the bedroom with his sister, I still make it a point to include and separate the style and look of their own individual spaces. Right now, my son is into this sports phase, hence the decor theme.

At some point, I know that it was going to eventually happen, my daughter was going to end up bringing home some icky, slimy new “pet” one of these days. And the other day, that finally came true. I actually got hints of this one time when Melinda, my 7 year old, told me while holding her beautiful dragonflies pillow, about how she wanted to have small pets. As much as she loves our retriever, Hero, he’s apparently too big for her. So now, she’s turning her sights to the little small animals that she finds in our backyard. Because of this slight “premonition” I realized that it was only going to be a matter of time before she comes home with a new pet in her hands.

My son keeps a special keepsake from his grandfather. It’s this classic sports pillow, which he brings with him whenever we have long travels by car and he wants to get comfortable. I know he loves this so much because it reminds him of grandpa, who has passed away last year. It’s the last remaining connection they have together. My son and my husband’s father used to have such a lot of bonding moments together when he would come to visit us and losing him was pretty hard on the boy, I know though he just doesn’t show this.

The other day, I was helping my eldest, Michael, clean up the all star sports table & 4 stool set when he asked me a question. He wanted to know if it was possible for him to get his very own cellphone. At first, I thought that he was kidding, but then I realized that he wasn’t and he was dead serious in wanting to know if he could have one. I honestly didn’t know what to say, I guess because I didn’t think it was important. He went on to tell me that he wanted one because it would be nice to keep in touch with us; so that we would know where he is all the time. Although this seemed like a great deal, I told him that I would have to talk to his dad about it since I feel that he is a bit too young to have a cell phone.

When it comes to my daughter, a visit to the doctor’s office usually is filled with drama. She hates it so much and gets really clingy. She would also demand we bring her Flowers For Hanna Shaped Pillow along, perhaps to draw comfort.

Her last doctor visit was pretty horrendous because I had her scheduled for pox shots and knowing she was going to get an injection, she started crying and howling as soon as we stepped out of the car going into the doctor’s office. She was unconsolable that I wonder how we got through the whole ordeal with success.

We all know that it’s tough to be a parent. However, today, this seems to be especially true. Wherever you go, parents are bombarded left and right with information and ideas. Stuff like what to do, how to dress your child, which kind of food to give him, how to raise him properly, making sure that he has the right friends at school etc. All these information can be overwhelming and can sometimes lead to parents wanting to switch off their parent mode for some time. Personally, I went through the same thing when I was picking out the right toy for my little girl. I got her a princess vanity table & chair set but my friend told me that my child shouldn’t be forced to play with a decidedly feminine type of toy all the time. She should be free to pick what kind of toys she wants so she can get a good sense of herself.

Having two kids with an age gap that is so close, the arguments and the disagreements sometimes cannot be avoided. My two young children fight about everything. The other night, they had to wrestle over who gets to sit on the Musical Bench Seat w/ Storage with me first. They have yet to master the concept of sharing or giving way. There are days when they really get so into each other that can sometimes physically hurt each other.

My little girl is excited that her friend, Mika, will be coming over for the weekend on a sleepover. They just moved into town a couple of months ago and the two hit it off right away. Melinda, already asked me if I have her mermaids twin hugger ready so she can put it on her bed and they can sleep there. It’s going to be a first for my little ballerina to have a friend over. Hence, I know she’s pretty excited and she can’t stop talking about it. The truth is that, not only are sleepovers great for my child, it’s also a great way for me to get to know who my kid hangs out with at school.

My brother’s kids are fast becoming addicted to the internet that it becomes harder and harder for them to get the right amount of sleep. My sister-in-law had, one day, tried to “lure” them into their bedroom by redecorating it with elements they the boys loved. She turned their bedroom into a sports-themed kiddie dugout complete with two sets of cool skate twin quilt with pillow sham. She was hoping that they would stay there more than use the computer at their dad’s office.

The other day, I was horrified to watch the news as they reported that a 6 month old fetus was dumped in a garbage can. They had no idea who the mother of the child was since they didn’t notice anybody doing anything unusual. It was quite disheartening to hear news like that. I can’t imagine anybody wanting to do that to their own children. Personally, it’s difficult for me to understand why mothers would ever do that to their children, I guess it’s because I value my children too much. I like to play with them and help them pick out their favorite cool skate twin sheet set, like I did with Michael. It’s hard to swallow the thought of abortion even if your child is still inside your stomach.

I’ve got a niece who refuses to see anything girly in her bedroom. It may seem quite unusual for a little girl. Most often, they would really prefer flowers, princess and pinks in there. But not Ella, my 5 year old niece. She refuses sleep on the My Rainbow Twin Sheet Set her mom has set up for her. She also refuses to play with anything girly (like dolls) but is quite active and plays boys games better.

Ella is growing up to be a tomboy. And for now, her parents doesn’t seem to be that worried. They believe that some girls definitely go through this stage and that they will soon outlive it.