Flametoad

As you may remember, I have to children – Tadpole1 and Tadpole2. Tadpole1 is still struggling with his reading and hasn’t developed a love of books. The more I push the more he resists, so I’ve stopped pushing for the time being. Tadpole2, on the other hand, loves books. Maybe that’s partially because she just [...]

Here’s a conversation between Tadpole 1 (5.5 years old) and Tadpole 2 (2 years, 9 months). Tadpole 2 was mimicking her older brother, as little sisters do. “Stop copying me! You don’t have to do everything I do!” “Yes I do!” “… Then do you want to do my homework?”

Let me tell you about the accident. It happened during my blogging hiatus. It was a Sunday night, right around 8 pm. We’d had a long, full weekend and I was looking forward to getting the kids to bed and having an hour or two to myself before bedtime. The weather was pleasant, and we’d [...]

I’m so far behind on blogging that I neglected to mention that Tadpole 2 turned two years old last month! Where has the time gone? My baby girl is turning into a big girl. On Monday we (meaning Mrs. Flametoad) took apart the crib and gave it to a friend. Tadpole 2 has been sleeping [...]

Tadpole 2 underwent outpatient surgery last Friday to have tubes inserted in her ears. She’s had more than 7 ear infections in the last year, and the most recent one was ongoing for more than a month and hadn’t responded to three different rounds of antibiotic. Within a few hours Friday morning, she’d shrugged off [...]