{"id":2516,"date":"2013-09-28T13:17:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T19:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babyz.hottie-biscotti.com\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2013-09-28T13:17:46","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T19:17:46","slug":"269365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/2013\/09\/28\/269365\/","title":{"rendered":"269\/365"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/babyz.hottie-biscotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/9-26-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2518\" alt=\"9-26-13\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/babyz.hottie-biscotti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/9-26-13.jpg?resize=500%2C393\" width=\"500\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/9-26-13.jpg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/9-26-13.jpg?resize=300%2C235 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Painting<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Good moms&#8221; are supposed to be teaching their kids their numbers and letters and colors and how to write their names. \u00a0&#8220;Good moms&#8221; have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1plus1plus1equals1.net\/2013\/08\/whats-in-the-preschool-box-week-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">daily organized boxes<\/a> with things like puzzles and sensory activities. \u00a0I know you&#8217;ve seen them on Pinterest. \u00a0Doesn&#8217;t it kind of drive you crazy? \u00a0And make you feel like you should be doing more? \u00a0That&#8217;s what it does to me. \u00a0It also inspires me, but just enough to pin it to my own board. \u00a0I have yet to follow through on those good ideas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I know I&#8217;m not going to ever do all the things I see other moms doing. \u00a0But I am trying to minimize TV time and replace it with other activities. \u00a0I let my kids watch a lot of TV. \u00a0Don&#8217;t judge me yet! \u00a0I don&#8217;t\u00a0just sit them in front of the television all day watching movie after movie while I screw around on the computer and eat bon bons, but I let them watch shows in the morning and before afternoon naps and usually while I&#8217;m cooking dinner I&#8217;ll turn something on because I need some help after 5pm. \u00a0Don&#8217;t we all?\u00a0 During Betsy&#8217;s morning nap today I turned off the TV (much to Carson&#8217;s disappointment which was a sign to me that it should&#8217;ve been turned off well before that time) and got out the finger paints and some paint brushes. \u00a0It was a lot of fun! \u00a0It did mean a change of clothes, paint in his hair that I didn&#8217;t see until later in the day and it meant that I didn&#8217;t get anything done myself. \u00a0I DID get to spend some fun time with him, and I know that&#8217;s more important than getting the laundry folded. \u00a0A part of me gets anxious when I&#8217;m not being &#8220;productive&#8221;. \u00a0But I need to remember that painting with Carson is productive even if what we have to show for it isn&#8217;t a clean house.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Painting &#8220;Good moms&#8221; are supposed to be teaching their kids their numbers and letters and colors and how to write their names. \u00a0&#8220;Good moms&#8221; have daily organized boxes with things like puzzles and sensory activities. \u00a0I know you&#8217;ve seen them on Pinterest. \u00a0Doesn&#8217;t it kind of drive you crazy? 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