Anderson

I know it's a little premature, what with Anderson only being in 1st grade but...you never know! Maybe a future star will arise in this bunch!

Each night I have Anderson is special to me. Like every night, we eat dinner and have enough play time to have fun either playing Wii, boardgames, baking...there is always something fun to do. But the most important thing parents seem to overlook. Not in my house.

They finished them! Last night was pretty amazing. I made porkchops, rice and veggies for dinner and I told them they couldn't finish their stepping stones until they were done. That must have been the fastest meal in history that did not involve pasta!

Remember the movie Grease? Remember Frenchy? Yup, that's me! My twin is Didi Conn. I've heard that my entire life. Well, why not embrace it? I found part of my Halloween costume at the new Spirit Halloween Store! I'm not just channeling my inner Nikki Hunt, I'm full on Greased! Not only can I dress as one of my favorite movie characters but anyone can! You won't believe the selection they have! Re

Moving to the new house in Clinton, I've seen just about everything in our yard. Skunks, deer, groundhogs, snakes, rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, dogs, cats, and bats. Yes, bats... The kids have brought catepillars in the house, mice, frogs, worms, moths...you name it, we have had it. Kids are very curious! But this time it wasn't found by a kid. Well, maybe a big kid.

Sometimes when you read stories, you're like "Why didn't I think of that?" This is one such story and...it can be done! Every child has their favorite toy. Anderson's is Beanie, the stuffed cat we made at The Fun Park in Benton over a year ago. Not an afternoon goes by when he doesn't run up the stairs when we get home from school and he finds her. He brings her downstairs and we do home

It's not unusual for kids to have ideas. They come up with some doozies, don't they? At a recent trip to a campground Anderson had an idea and he won't let go of it because he brought them home. And, as a mom, you try to indulge your child. But THIS idea had merit...and make him money in the future! Anderson wants to grow

When did kids toys get so complicated? Or expensive? Being the mother of a 6 year old boy I didn't think it was going to be difficult to buy him birthday presents this year. He does have a Leapster which has helped him learn all kinds of things like math, spelling and even countries and continents! We do have a Wii that has the normal games but also has educational games (plus helps keep Mom fit!)

6 years ago today at 6:18 pm after just 3 1/2 hours labor THIS little boy joined the world! Dr. George had told me the day before "Sharon, if you don't have this baby tomorrow, I'm going to have a heart attack." You see, every month I went back for a check up the doctor was worried because his percentage to growth ratio kept dropping.

A-B-C...easy as 1-2-3...or simple as Do-Re-Mi... The Jackson 5 had it right when they said learning is easy. Even easier when children are exposed to music and learning about it. The studies have shown that by playing a musical instrument

All parents go through it...and I'm no different. We all wish we could stop time at a particular moment. Where has the time gone? When did they grow up? Do they still need us? There are simple answers for those questions...Time has gone by so fast. No matter how much summer is left it's never long enough to keep them home and play.

August 21st was B98.5 Night at The Fun Park in Benton and who had a blast?