Vacation or teaching experience?

I spent this last week at my friend Lisa's house a few hours away. She helped me see where I could improve in the discipline of my son. She seemed so natural - and she had learned a lot from watching the nanny shows on tv.

She helped me see that I was inconsistent with threats of punishment and that I gave in to his whining.

The funny thing was.... I didn't think there was much of a problem. Ryan has been so easy out in the stores, etc. He used to throw a fit if he couldn't get his way in the store. Now, we can play with toys and then put them back without an issue. MacKay is just peachy with the way everything is.

This week, I'll work on giving him a warning once, then following through.

Thanks Lisa! (Thanks nanny shows!)

I just love to snuggle with my children

I just took the opportunity to snuggle with my daughter while watching a Barney video. She was sucking her thumb and clutching her blanket. The moment only lasted a few minutes but the love lasts forever.

I'm planning on adding more graphics to the book to make it more visually appealing.

oh... and someone else wants to buy it! :)

Julie loves the cover! That means a lot coming from someone who has a fantastic design eye.

What I tried today:
I have made yogurt before but since my mom brought over some DanActive yogurt, I thought that I would make some of it. I added some powdered milk, granulated sugar, and strawberry preserves to the milk before adding a container of the DanActive.

I poured the mixture into the larger size baby food jars and put in my yogurt maker. I'll let them cook for a while, 3-12 hours is the recommendation. I started it at 4 p.m. today. I'll post tomorrow how they turned out.

By the way, I've never had DanActive before, but I just drank one before making the yogurt.

Program at Mandarin Library on Feb 28th

I have scheduled a program at Mandarin Library to talk about subjects from my book, Proactive Pregnancy, What You Need to Know Before the Baby Comes.

Date: Saturday Feb 28th, 2009
Time: 10 a.m.
Place: Mandarin Library
Address: 3330 Kori Road, Jacksonville, FL 32257

Community Education Class didn't happen... here's why

I was really hoping to bounce some of the ideas of my book off of some pregnant women/couples with this class. I handed out flyers to local ob/gyn offices and contacted the newspaper to post the class. Of course, community education sends out a flyer, too, with a description of my class. Here is how my description came out:


The way it reads... it appears that the participants must be in 6th to 8th grade! Needless to say... no one signed up.

New Title! Proactive Pregnancy!

I have decided upon a new title for now, until a publisher pays me to change it. ha ha
Proactive Pregnancy...What You Need to Know Before the Baby Comes.