May 22 2008
A nice quote
This is an excellent quote that I would like to share with everyone.
“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children.
One of these is roots - the other wings.”
-Hodding Carter (1907-1972)
Archive for the 'That Parent Place General' Category
May 11 2008
Happy Mother’s Day
That Parent Place wishes all of you a
Very Happy Mother’s Day!!
Make sure you take care of yourself today if you are a mom and make a few more special memories with your family.
All the best,
Sirena Van Schaik and That Parent Place
May 08 2008
Helping Myanmar
I was going to write a post on child development today but I wanted to take a few moments to mention the cyclone that has killed thousands and has left millions displaced. Estimates have put the expected death toll to 100,000 and the number could grow as the weeks go by.
People affected by the cyclone [...]
May 07 2008
A Poem by Helen Keller
I am ghostwriting a few chapters on child development right now and found that I needed to fact check a few of the points that I was writing this weekend. I have boxes upon boxes of reference materials as well as all my notebooks and textbooks from when I was in college. I was extremely [...]
May 05 2008
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
With Mother’s Day less than a week away, many of you are probably thinking about what you need to get your mother or possibly your spouse on behalf of your kids. I am a firm believer that a spouse should pick up the reigns of Mother’s Day or Father’s Day if the kids are too young. This [...]
Apr 25 2008
The Great Chicken Flinger
Today, my son’s school is having a family fun fair and I am part of the planning committee. It is all back to that whole volunteering thing and I have decided to jump into it completely. My son is absolutely overjoyed by the whole thing. Not only does he know that I am interested in [...]
Mar 24 2008
Just a note…
I just wanted to post a quick note to let you know that our first guest blogger, Tanja Cilia, will be joining us soon. I hope to have several guest bloggers from time to time to offer you many different takes on being a parent and all the things that go hand in hand with parenting [...]
Mar 24 2008
What are we teaching our kids?
As Easter drew near, I realized that I had forgotten to pick up a few things, and ended up having to go grocery shopping on Saturday; the day before Easter! I knew it was going to be a horrible day for shopping, but I gritted my teeth and headed out anyways. I was completely right. The store [...]
Mar 17 2008
Welcome!
It’s very exciting to be writing this first post to what I hope will be a successful parenting blog that will allow you times to laugh and occasionally cry, shout out your child’s accomplishments or voice concerns that you have. I hope that I can offer as much information as possible and also find the answer [...]
Today it was official, we took down the pool so it has to be the last day of summer. Okay, maybe the last day of summer is officially on September 21st and the last day of summer vacation isn’t until Monday but you can definitely feel the days winding down into a new schedule.
Already my [...]
It’s probably a little early to be dreaming about snow but with the muggy weather I had today, I’m almost ready for winter. Well, almost ready…okay, not really, but the thought of winter made me think that it would be an excellent time to share my recipe for Whipped Snow.
This is a fun little recipe [...]
Welcome to part two of buying a layette for your baby. If you have been with me for a while, you will probably remember the first post about buying a layette. I know that usually this is just one article but since I am writing a few points about every item, I decided to break [...]
It has been a while since I wrote a cheat sheet for That Parent Place so I figured it was time to do so again. Right now, I am the proud snail-sitter of about 10 snails. They will be going back into a nice spot in my yard very soon, not the garden where they [...]