The Chocolate Adventurer

Spending time with our son at home has been a blessing. I truly cherish the times we are able to spend together. In truth, he will probably be the only child in this family to spend such a lengthy amount of the daytime hours with his Dad. The goal (and hope) is that this student-parent becomes a full-time-employee/father in the very near future. That, of course, will mean less daytime hours spent kicking a ball, changing diapers, reading stories with thick pages and few words (and lots of pictures), and gently setting a (finally) sleeping child into a crib for … Continue reading

More New Words

Our son hasn’t always loved reading. When we first tried to read to him he wasn’t interested at all. He’d much rather nurse or sleep with mom. Later on his preference was to be able to hold something that made a noise when he moved it. After that his life was all about rolling around. This progressed to sitting and crawling and eventually standing. Pretty soon he was walking and running and doing all sorts of devious things (like removing books from bookshelves — not to read but to create a mess). As time continued on though he eventually came … Continue reading

Creative Gift Wrap Ideas

Why spend a fortune on gift wrap when you can create beautiful and inspired packages at home? Birthdays, anniversaries and of course Valentines Day..it seems as if there is always a present to wrap. While you can shop the after holiday sales for gift wrap and keep it in your gift closet, there are plenty alternatives right now in your home. Why not try some of these ideas or let them inspire your own? Comics for kids: As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Squeezing Money from The Newspaper, the comic strip (or funnies, as my parents always called it) … Continue reading