http://wymn.net The blog network for mothers Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:49:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week's WILL NOT EAT food? Anything pointy. You can hear him down the block if he accidentally bites a string cheese stick into a point. French fries are unacceptable this week, as are apple slices, and diagonally cut sandwiches. In a few days, the pointy phobia will be all ... http://wymn.net/2008/06/23/random-toddler-paranoia/ Spring is here, kind of, and a rite of springtime up here in the Midwest is touch-a-truck days. Various libraries, recreation centers and parks in the city where I live have a morning where buses, street sweepers, police cars and so on gather for little boys - and little girls ... http://wymn.net/2008/06/10/toddlers-and-fire-trucks/ Answer: Boobs! Question: What my three year old finds extremely funny to scream while going through stores now (especially if she is in a cart right in front of mine)ShareThis http://wymn.net/2008/06/09/ill-take-embarassing-moments-for-1000-alex/ My favorite drink from Starbucks is a Venti (but quad - 4 shots espresso) Iced Latte with skim milk, and flavored with sugar-free caramel syrup. Right now...it runs me $4.77 I used to hit this up about 3 or so times per week...and it didn't help that I passed by the ... http://wymn.net/2008/06/09/saving-big-on-iced-lattes/ Meal planning is one of the easiest ways to control expenses. How many times have you gone to the grocery store and just started picking up things that you planned on doing something with, and they either sit gathering dust in your pantry, or end up rotting in your refrigerator ... http://wymn.net/2008/06/09/menu-planning-the-easy-way/ Like I have nothing else better to do right now (ha) …but check this out. It’s a pretty decent cam of the Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone Park. I can’t get there for a few more years, but this might carry me over until then. http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/oldfaithfulcam.htmShareThis http://wymn.net/2008/06/09/wasting-time-the-old-faithful-geyser-cam/ My oldest (5) daughter began reading right around the first of the year, and is reading very well (thank you, God!)..and I'm finding that my daughter likes to read EVERYTHING. I'm having to be very careful now about what she's exposed to, but it's also a source of great amusement ... http://wymn.net/2008/06/09/when-your-children-start-to-read/ Our neighborhood development has deed restrictions. The big ones are no on street parking, keep your grass mowed, no above ground pools...and no clotheslines. I like saving a little energy and money (which has nothing to do with the fact that our dryer is on the fritz, and I haven't figured ... http://wymn.net/2008/06/09/right-to-dry-no-closelines-rules/ The American Academy of Pediatricians says NO tv for kids under two. Fair enough, but what the heck do you do when you are a single mom, and after a couple of days of eating what the Toddler won't because you are too tired to cook proper food for yourself, ... http://wymn.net/2008/06/04/little-kids-and-tv/ My name is Brit and I'm a new blogger at WebbleYou Mom's Network. I'm the mother of a two-year-old, and to say hello, here's a story from our life. Due to living in a minuscule one bedroom apartment we have a lot of stuff squashed into a small space. Including two ... http://wymn.net/2008/06/01/home-imrovement-with-toddler/