Do not expect a 2, nearly 3 year old, to want to walk, ever. Expect her to corral you like a sheepdog, face you, lean against your legs with her head buried just above your knees until you pick her up. Do not pick her up. Once you pick her up, it's game over. She…
Here comes the millionth post on how parenting is hard. Oh, there's barely twenty posts in total? Oh well. Ages and stages ebb and flow, but the tides can run for a few days or a couple weeks. It seems inappropriate to use the phrase "in the trenches" but the general sense of it applies.…
You know those days where you wake up to the screams of a four year old who wants the book the two year old has in her room, and for some reason, although you'd swear it was the middle of the night, the two year old has her light on? For some reason you're rushing,…
When I count my blessings, having two brothers who are the best of friends and unfailingly include me in the sibling love fest, is near the top of the list. That my brother, Christian, married Lily, who, along with her two sisters, have seamlessly joined the now Beitel-Erickson-Beitel-Horton clan is just plain fun. As a…
Be Kind and Bake 