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Six Months: Happy Birthday, Tate!
Oh, Tate, we are so lucky to have you in our lives! You are the sweetest, cutest little thing.It’s been such a big month for you. You army crawled all over the entire house, forearm over forearm. You continue to love all the food we’ve introduced you to: bananas, apples, avocados, and even bland rice cereal. You honestly can’t get enough. You grab whatever we have and pull it straight to your mouth.You’ve started playing with Henry a lot. You crawl over when he’s building his tents, and you like to suck on his toys while he’s playing with them. You also laugh when the rest of us… Read More -
Helping the Homeless
Over the past couple months, Henry really started to notice and talk about all the homeless people we pass on the street. Although we try to keep his world mostly positive during the first plane of development (during which he is developing his love for the world), we also want to be honest with him about what he sees.It was very clear to us that he was feeling sympathy for the homeless people we pass by each day, so we wanted to enable him to do something to help the situation. We decided that what made the most sense for our family (given that we live in Central Texas… Read More -
Teaching Children to Save Money
Henry has been really interested in money lately. He really, really wants quarters for candy machines around town. We choose not to give him quarters on the spot and instead tell him that he can remember to bring quarters from his piggy bank (he solves this problem by turning the knobs anyway–it works more often than you think it would!–and finding stray candy on the ground and putting it in his mouth before we can stop him–it builds his immune system, right?).
His interest in money inspired my idea for his Christmas present this year: a modified piggy bank system that encourages him to save his money for various purposes.… Read More
