It’s not every day that I find myself in a Costco parking lot with nothing to do but wait for my daughter to wake up. And yet, being flexible and ready to work on some tasks for just such an occasion has allowed me the space for some expected and welcomed productivity. Not bad for …
Tupperware over toys?
Asking me to predict what my kids will choose to play with is like asking me to predict the winning Powerball numbers. Simply ain’t worth the effort. Who would have known that my son Barak would find Tupperware more entertaining than toys and books?!? The lesson for me is instead of trying to predict what …
Messy learning
Letting my kids get messy while eating is the cleanest decision I can make as a parent. Allow me to explain. Barak is right at the beginning of his super messy eating phase. Amina is fortunately on the other side of her messy journey, where she feeds herself in a mostly clean manner. This not …
Never too old to explore & learn
It is nothing short of remarkable for me to see my kids constantly exploring their environment and learning non-stop. They instinctively push every boundary and test every limit to understand how things work. Whether it’s Barak playing with a bag of potatoes on the floor in the kitchen, or Amina forming a new & complex …
Cranky pants and detective hats
Sometimes the only way to resolve a cranky pants situation with my kids (or my spreadsheets) is to put on my detective hat. I go step by step, isolate and test the variables, make small adjustments, and eventually solve the problem. Cranky pants for my kids usually happens after they’ve been in one place for …