Tag: Convos With My 4-Year-Old
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“Butterfly” – Convos With My 4-Year-Old
We have yet to find a stall tactic we have not been able to avert. But the disappearing toddler trick, that’s a new one for me.
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“Shark” – Convos With My 4-Year-Old
Isabel hasn’t yet created any comprehensible stories, but I have a feeling she is going to take us on many interesting journeys, which may or may not include undersea adventures.
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“Cat” – Convos With My 4-Year-Old
We are a cat house. Our two cats have been with Mama FWL and me for 8 years and they were our first “children”. So all you cat haters out there can go find something else to read (please don’t go!).
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“Fore” – Convos With My 4-year Old
I started playing sports when I was 5. Beginning with the “gateway” sport, soccer, and progressing through baseball, track, basketball, and ultimate frisbee (yes, that is a sport), I’ve been playing organized sports all my life. This doesn’t event count the unorganized dabblings in golf, ping pong, football, laser tag, and mud-running.
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“Friends” – Convos With My 4-Year-Old
Friendships aren’t easy. Some last forever, some end sooner than anticipated, and others serve a temporary purpose and fade away without any fanfare. I’d like Isabel to develop solid friendships and sometimes even wonder just how she will do that (how do kids “make” friends?). But I also know my little angel can be very…
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“13 and a Half” – Convos With my 4-Year-Old
Age ain’t nothin’ but a number, right? Well, that’s what Aaliyah said. But to kids, age is much more than a number. I remember my age being a super important part of my identity growing up, and I don’t know about you, but I was usually pretty attached to that 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4 of…
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“Of Bikes and Ants” – Convos With My 4-Year-Old
The other day Mrs. FWL found an active wasp nest growing above our porch, so that night I destroyed it. When I came back into the house, she was a little saddened that I had killed the wasps with bug spray as they slept. What else was I supposed to do?