The Beginning

This blog is to maintain my sanity.

Let me explain.

I am a mother of two kids, with one on the way.

That is reason enough, but let me explain more – Summer is coming.

My four-year old has been in preschool for 9 months and has loved it. She has turned into quite the curious child and seems to want to know EVERYTHING.  The problem with this is that she is still young and often needs parental supervision for some of the things that she wants to explore. She’s a smart girl, and we've worked on her reading and math. Needless to say, she’s way ahead of her age group. Her personality is all sunshine and rainbows, and she is very friendly. How she came from my husband and I, I am still not sure. She loves being a big sister, and has the classic “nobody can bug my sister but me” mentality when it comes to Erin.

My two-year old is in very much in a two-year-old frame of mind.  She makes messes in two minutes that require more than an hour to clean up, and her favorite word is “no!” She isn’t as interested in learning as Ali, but she’s very smart too. Most of her personality can be summed up by saying that if our kids were pets, Ali would be a dog, and Erin would be a cat. Until recently, Erin was largely content to ignore us until she needed something. Over the past couple of months, she seems to have developed a sixth sense that another baby is coming. Ever since, her attachment to mom has become quite strong; therefore, she watches my moves like a hawk.

I have loved preschool as much as Ali has. I get to spend one-on-one time with my two-year old and it’s been peaceful and quiet with only one toddler to look after. But preschool is ending for the summer, and I find myself wondering what in the world I am going to do with both. Both of them are at the perfect age to enjoy new experiences and teaching opportunities, I just have to present them with some.

Half to share my experience with others and half to commit myself to actually planning and doing these activities, I thought of posting some of our upcoming adventures on this blog. I am sure as I get through each activity and experiment that there will be ones that I love and hate for different reasons. Hopefully, at least one person will be able to learn from my mistakes.

Either way, the goal is to spend some quality time with my kids, and get them away from the television for a bit each day. I’d say it’s also to help them bond as sisters and fight less, but let’s not get carried away. Wish me luck! I am sure that I am going to need it.