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Birthday Traditions
I haven’t had a chance to revisit Henry’s birthday traditions until now!
We hung up his birthday bunting, as well as a ribbon with one photo from each year of his life (held up by mini-clothespins). At first I was going to take his picture in the same chair every year, but I realized it would be more fun to look at various kinds of pictures from each year.We also did his candle ceremony.We started the ritual last year when I stumbled upon this 9-candle holder on Etsy.… Read More
I realized it was the perfect complement to the ceremony: one tealight
candle for every year until -
Supporting Pre-Readers
Henry’s birthday gifts were a huge success! He loves his new books, and I particularly love Big Machines from the DK Readers series. According to Montessori philosophy, young children are in a developmental phase where they are trying to understand the world. For this reason, the books we read to them should be non-fiction (or realistic fiction) and should contain real photographs whenever possible. While we don’t follow this philosophy 100% (I love Go Dog Go and Are You My Mother?), I do find that Henry is most attracted to books with real photographs.I’m going to use some of his birthday money (half of it is being… Read More -
Thoughts on Maternity Leave
Yael asked a really great question on a post a couple weeks ago, in response to my comment about a 3-month maternity leave. She said, “I may have missed a previous post on the topic, but are you only taking a three
month leave with the new baby? I am in no way judging, I am just truly
interested. As a mom of two (2.5 yrs and 10 mo), I find myself thinking a lot
about giving equal opportunities to both children, without at the same time
renouncing to my and my husband’s plans and dreams.”I, too, think a lot about the importance of giving equal opportunities… Read More
