Lesson 129: Wearing Out Your Kids

Jumping on a couch all morning means good naps all afternoon.

Lesson 128: Bonnets

Not properly fitting Easter bonnet + Elora = Unhappiness

Lesson 127: Riding a Bike

Teaching your child to ride a bike, is not as easy as they make it look.

Lesson 126: Mimicking

He will mimic everything you do.

Lesson 125: Mommy Dearest

There is a nurturer in all of us.

Lesson 124: Storage

When putting away toys, be sure to open all flaps, doors, compartments, seats, closets and other small items holders. Cereal can find its way anywhere.

Lesson 123: Daddy's Stereo

Shoving Kicks under Daddy's stereo is maybe not the best way to digest them.

Lesson 122 From Deci's Cousin: Sharing

It maybe hard to share toys. It may be hard to share food. But once you realize that you are not supposed to drink out of your cousin's cup, it's absolutely adorable to bring it to him instead. And if he's like Deci, he'll say "Eank Ooo" (Thank You) all 600 times.

Lesson 121: Highchairs

At a certain age there becomes something to highchairs. They become the place to make a mess. Suddenly eating at a "big boy" table means your little boy makes about 80% less mess.

Lesson 120: Potty Training

According to the Pullups Potty Dance DVD: "Watch out for zippers." Apparently this is hysterical for a 2 year old. Deci laughs every time.

Lesson 119: From Deci and his Cousins: Motivations

Rilian: "ewo egg!" (yellow egg)

Deci: "Bawl!"

Roran: *swipes egg and runs off maniacally laughing*

Deci and Rilian: "Noooooo!"

Today's Lesson: Everyone has their own plan.

Lesson 118: Easter Eggs

Apparently procrastinating on putting away the Easter stuff was a good idea. The plastic Easter eggs still running around the house have given us hours of entertainment.

Lesson 117: Freud

Past behavior is not always a good indicator of future behavior. Just because the kid takes a toy drill to baby doll's head, doesn't mean he'll be a bad father.... hopefully.

Lesson 116: Essential Parenting Key #1

Be more stubborn than your kids.

Lesson 115 From Elora: Ears

Books tell you that a kid pulling on their ear means they have an ear infection. However this is not always true, sometimes it is because the music is too loud or the family is singing a particularly off pitch rendition of Happy Birthday. In Elora's case it is usually because brother found Daddy's drum sticks or just because she's stressed out that the food is not coming fast enough.

Lesson 114: Rewriting

Annoying kid song stuck in your head? Make it your ring tone, or better yet rewrite the words so everyone can hear the joy of such a song.
The Orriginal Yeti Song
or my re-write:

Jump, jump, jump,

We're jumping that Deci jump,

     (Deci Deci Deci)

Jump jump thump,

We're jumping that Deci thump!

Lesson 113: Body Bowling

Body Bowling really takes it outta ya.

Lesson 112: Remotes

Remotes make wonderful play phones, and they can't dial China.

Lesson 111: For Me?

Mama must have bought these new hair ties for me! (Even though she's the only one in the house who's hair is longer than two inches)

Lesson 110: Dinosaurs

Beware of teaching your little boys that their toy dinosaurs say "roar." You just might face an hour and a half of "warrrr!"s.