Potty training on the go? It CAN be done. Timmy has been potty trained since February this year. Indoors, it’s convenient to potty train because the loo’s right there. Out of the home, it was so much harder. I’m iffy about him sitting on the toilet seats if he has to #2, and sometimes the […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Timmy Steps’ category
Raising a happy reader (Part 3): Book fair and bookstore visits
Read Raising a Happy Reader Part 1 here, Part 2 here. My sisters and I grew up with a reading culture at home: books were in every room, and everyone could easily pick up a book and start reading. It wasn’t unusual to find a family member reading in the kitchen, another reading in the […] Read more…
How To Paint With Toys
Paint with toys to get even your most arts-&-craft resistant kids interested in the joy of painting. My 4-year-old would rather dunk toys than a paintbrush in water. He can’t sit still for more than 5 minutes when faced with a watercolor palette and a sketch pad. But when he experienced that his toys could […] Read more…
Height chart for kids: Making memories
How do you keep track of how tall your kids are getting? Do you make pencil marks on the back of a door or on the kitchen wall? That’s what we do. Every year, on Timmy’s birthday, we take out a marker and measure how much our little boy has grown. Timmy’s Height Chart on […] Read more…
Animal-Themed Gift Bags
A few weeks ago, Timmy turned 4 years old. Oh wow, I no longer have a toddler. He’s officially a child. My heart soars and weeps at the same time! Part of this milestone was sharing the love with his classmates. He didn’t have a party in class, but he did share some of his […] Read more…
Animal Themed Birthday Surprise
An animal themed birthday spread wasn’t planned for my son’s birthday lunch, but all family members had the same idea. Our son loves animals so it was no big surprise when we put a birthday spread together for him that turned out to be animal themed! But wait, the bigger news is this: Our son […] Read more…
Give a kid a camera and this is what you’ll get
Give a kid a camera and your perspective’s gonna change! Gotcha, Mom! My 3-year-old was taking an interest in my camera one evening. My knee-jerk reaction was to grab the camera from him for fear of him dropping it, but I went ahead and let him have a go at it anyway. I had to […] Read more…