Winning a smile from a child is like unlocking a new level on your favorite video game. We coax and cajole with great fervor, just for a shot at glimpsing that toothy cavalcade hiding joy in the mouth of babes. And children, for the most part, don’t need much instigating to show off their snaggles….
When I was pregnant with our first child, I visited a life-long friend in my hometown in Montana. During the stay, we watched a handful of “Barney” episodes with her then-two-year-old and developed inside jokes about the cheese factor of the show. It was fun- hilarious actually. After the trip, I happily returned to my…
Earlier today I let one of my kids get hurt. Not negligently–I was sitting right next to Boston on the couch when the big kids came up to offer the “amazing breakfast” of wooden bread and felted vegetables they had prepared for me. As I turned my attention to celebrate this culinary coup de gras,…