It's the Little Things...

When I think about my life priorities, they fall in this order: 1. God 2. Family and Friends 3. Coffee. In C’s 25 months of life, he’s picked up on that. Coffee (or Cokee) was probably one of his first 50 words. When C was 6 months old, my best friend bought him What Every Child Needs To Know About Coffee ,  and his love for coffee has only grown from there! A few weeks ago, my best friend, C and I went to a fun little coffee shop in the town where we work. The have a great play nook for kids complete with...a kids coffee machine! C LOVED it (I think because it helped him feel like an adult), so we rushed to the store and found him one of his very own ...                                                          This has been one of his favorite toys of the past month! I LOVE Melissa and Doug toys. They are great quality ...

Confession: Before I had C, I literally knew NOTHING about little boys. Sure, I’d worked with 75% boys being a SLP in schools for 5 years, but I knew nothing really about parenting little boys. Two of my worries included How would I teach a little boy to be a nice person and What type of quality literature was written for little boys (my mom is a reading specialist, so quality literature is important….and you never truly understand the importance of quality literature until you’re asked to read Happy Troll-o-ween! (DreamWorks Trolls) (Pictureback(R))   on repeat for a week, just a side note). At my first shower, one of my oldest friends gave me Little Blue Truck board book .  I read it once and fell in love. It’s one of C’s favorites, too, with the sweet truck and lots of fun farm animals. Luckily for us, there’s a whole series of Little Blue Truck  books now! Each book has a sweet theme, teaches social skills and packs in lots of early speech/language skills, too! ...

My son turned 2 a few weeks ago, and we suddenly have a full blown toddler in our house. To be completely honest, I LOVE 90% of this age! It’s so fun to watch C develop a personality and opinions. He’s growing into such a sweet and caring little boy. Last weekend we went to a friend’s house for a party, and C (who is usually on the shy side), went and asked a boy we had met once to play because he was sitting by himself. It was so sweet to see him be so inclusive. He’s also started to tell me stories about what happens while he’s at daycare. Although he has a wonderful babysitter and friends, it’s still tough to leave him, so I love that he’s able to relay memorable parts of his day to me. Along with the amazing things that C’s developed have also come the dreaded toddler temper tantrums ! Working at an early childhood school. I’ve become very familiar with what they look like, however I’m new to the embarrassment that comes when it’s YOUR child that’s screaming and incons...