Rage Against The Minivan

On Thursdays I post something from the archives. This is from February 2011. My kid (as most kids do) use some vocabulary that is uniquely their own. The funniest to me by far is the way Jafta refers to Karis's frequent spit-up as "drama". I have no idea how he picked this up, but he actually thinks this is the correct term for it. Of course I don't correct him, because it cracks me up. Nearly every day I hear him say "Uh-oh, Karis is having some drama right now". Or "There's some drama on the . . .

The remodel is trucking along. We hit some glitches, most significantly discovering, after pulling up carpet, that there were major cracks in the subfloor of the house.  The floors were also really sloped in places. So we spent last week having a crew grind down the high parts and fill in the low parts, to get the floor level enough to float a bamboo flooring over it. We are still slated to move May 1st (we have renters coming into our current house) so getting the floors down is a huge . . .

I first learned about The Mother Company when my kids were little. The Mother Company produces the award-winning "Ruby's Studio" series of books, apps, shows and activities, all focused on the social/emotional challenges kids experience every day, with the goal of helping them to become more communicative and kind. Their DVD called The Feelings Show was instrumental in helping my kids identify and talk about their feelings. As a former therapist, I loved the way they emphasized self-reflection . . .