Bean

  • Holy Stealing

    This Sunday after church, we picked Bean up from his Sunday School room like we do every week. Then, he walked with us down to the nursery to get Gracie, like he does…

  • Potty Camp, 2011

    I blogged a couple months ago about how we were starting to introduce potty training to Bean. Step One for us began right when Bean first started telling us that he needed a…

  • Scawy

    I blogged a couple months ago about the latest change in Bean recently – he’s become scared of “scawy” things.  He didn’t like scary cartoons.  He even got scared at Winnie the Pooh…

  • The Talking Bean

    These days, there’s not much Bean’s not saying.  He has such a wide vocabulary and is learning to put all those words together into small, simple sentences.  The result of his budding language…

  • Home Edumacation

    This summer while the kids are home with me, I am really trying to work with Bean so that he gets as much learning at home as he did at daycare on a…

  • Girls and Boys

    Last week, Bean had a play date with a friend of ours from church. We sat out on our back porch and let the kids play until they were hot and sweaty and…

  • The Parenting Game Plan

    Last week I shared about the behavior changes we were seeing in Bean since Gracie’s arrival. You all gave great suggestions and ideas for how to deal with it and so did our…

  • Big Boy Day

    First, thank you all for the suggestions on how to deal with Bean during this transition period. We had an appointment with our pediatrician on Friday for Gracie and while we were there,…

  • Discipline and the Big Brother

    Bean has definitely embraced being a big brother. He loves his “Gaycee.” He brings her toys and shares his food with her (according to Bean, she should be eating more popcorn and cheese).…