Archive for January, 2010
cirque du soleil’s ovo with toddler: yes we can
Alt title: Cirque du Ican’tbelievehesatstillthewholetime
My hope is that some other parent who is out there googling cirque with toddler or ovo take my 2-year-old? will come across this post and get half price tickets and some courage.
There wasn’t much info for me on the internet when we were trying to decide. Could a young 2-year-old [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 12:34 pm in family activities, recommendations, toddlerhood | 5 Comments »
the preschool diaries: we’re not out of the woods yet
Today was rough. He was fine about arriving WITH me. He immediately tried out about four different activities in five minutes. But as soon as I made my move to go, he turned into a screaming gluey monkey, wild-eyed, clinging to my leg like I was a tree and he was going to climb it [...]
Posted by calm mama on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 9:30 pm in conversations, preschool, toddlerhood | 6 Comments »
the preschool diaries: transition completed?
On Friday, Jonah had his first full day, 8:30-3. It took some convincing for him to stay there without me. The bells helped. Anyone who has been in a Montessori preschool will recognize these bells. I am curious myself as to why these are THE bells. Is there something special about the shape?
His teacher Wendy [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 11:19 am in Montessori, preschool, sleep, toddlerhood, video | 3 Comments »
the preschool diaries: the remains of the (first) day
So, here’s how the bento came back:
Rice cakes were a dud. Sandwich was not as popular as expected. Cucumber was much more popular than could possibly have been anticipated. Dates and cheese were demolished — not surprising. All in all, I think we did good.
What will I pack tomorrow? Need to get to the store. [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 5:25 pm in bento, milestones, preschool | 2 Comments »
the preschool diaries: the first almost-full day of school
Today was Jonah’s first day of preschool. I dropped him off at 8:30 this morning. Will pick him up after lunch at 12:30.
Here’s what the toddler house looks like, from the front (to go with the interior and yard photos I posted yesterday):
And here is Jonah, dressed for battle (note lunchbox briefcase which he insisted [...]