Comments on: Paying for Complacency http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/ Keeping it real in the suburbs Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:18:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » I am an Artist Strocel.com http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/#comment-42883 » I am an Artist Strocel.com Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:32:01 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=3716#comment-42883 [...] day feeling empowered. I encourage my kids to explore their creativity. I know that Hannah loves to paint and draw and needle felt. I would hope that she doesn’t stop doing those things that she [...] [...] day feeling empowered. I encourage my kids to explore their creativity. I know that Hannah loves to paint and draw and needle felt. I would hope that she doesn’t stop doing those things that she [...]

]]> By: Brooke http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/#comment-39224 Brooke Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:02:09 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=3716#comment-39224 This story is priceless! And one very similar to my own daily stories almost. I never seem to learn that even though my two little ones are playing nicely, as soon as I leave the room for 3 seconds, my 2 1/2 year old always finds trouble to get into. Never fails, and I never seem to learn.... Creative Kids does sell them but they have a $50.00 minimum as they are a supply store. I go monthly for my daycares if you want I could grab some for you. And FYI the purple even though it says it's washable, never is! This story is priceless! And one very similar to my own daily stories almost. I never seem to learn that even though my two little ones are playing nicely, as soon as I leave the room for 3 seconds, my 2 1/2 year old always finds trouble to get into. Never fails, and I never seem to learn….

Creative Kids does sell them but they have a $50.00 minimum as they are a supply store. I go monthly for my daycares if you want I could grab some for you.

And FYI the purple even though it says it’s washable, never is!

]]> By: Katie http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/#comment-39210 Katie Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:37:09 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=3716#comment-39210 oops! The good news is the lesson on mixing pink, right? Hmmm. Her haircut is looking really good. ;) Katie oops! The good news is the lesson on mixing pink, right? Hmmm. Her haircut is looking really good. ;)
Katie

]]> By: Kirsten http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/#comment-39203 Kirsten Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:11:07 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=3716#comment-39203 This is why I have The Room I Shall Repaint Later. The above does not explain why I moved the craft table to the dining room... My system still needs a bit of refinement. This is why I have The Room I Shall Repaint Later.

The above does not explain why I moved the craft table to the dining room…

My system still needs a bit of refinement.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/#comment-39174 Jessica Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:58:06 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=3716#comment-39174 Kudos to you for sharing this experience. I read so many blogs (including my own-LOL!)that come off like life is always unicorns and rainbows. Parents share only the good. Only the ideal. This was not ideal. Although it was a bit of a rainbow, I suppose. An unplanned, messy rainbow. Without a unicorn. :) Kudos to you for sharing this experience. I read so many blogs (including my own-LOL!)that come off like life is always unicorns and rainbows. Parents share only the good. Only the ideal.

This was not ideal.

Although it was a bit of a rainbow, I suppose. An unplanned, messy rainbow. Without a unicorn. :)

]]> By: pomomama aka ebbandflo http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/#comment-39157 pomomama aka ebbandflo Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:07:58 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=3716#comment-39157 i've obliterated all the lapses from my mind as a survival technique ps: creative kids on murray street, pomo sells the trays of big block paints and they are fab i’ve obliterated all the lapses from my mind as a survival technique

ps: creative kids on murray street, pomo sells the trays of big block paints and they are fab

]]> By: Lady M http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/#comment-39139 Lady M Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:57:55 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=3716#comment-39139 She has such a great sense of style - dress matches paint . . . um, matches hands, and floor . . . My lapses have to do with leaving scissors within reach. No damage to the child, but the mail wasn't so lucky. She has such a great sense of style – dress matches paint . . . um, matches hands, and floor . . .

My lapses have to do with leaving scissors within reach. No damage to the child, but the mail wasn’t so lucky.

]]> By: Alyssa http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/#comment-39137 Alyssa Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:04:04 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=3716#comment-39137 Last night my daughter fell asleep with the bite valve of a Camelbak bottle in her mouth. We let her have a Camelbak bottle by her bed in case she is thirsty in the middle of the night. But lately she has been falling asleep on her own. This means we often go into her room just after she's conked out, to find her completely naked, down at the bottom of the bed, her head encased in covers...and in this case, the bite valve in her mouth with the water bottle spilling a puddle over over her bed. Last night my daughter fell asleep with the bite valve of a Camelbak bottle in her mouth. We let her have a Camelbak bottle by her bed in case she is thirsty in the middle of the night. But lately she has been falling asleep on her own. This means we often go into her room just after she’s conked out, to find her completely naked, down at the bottom of the bed, her head encased in covers…and in this case, the bite valve in her mouth with the water bottle spilling a puddle over over her bed.

]]> By: Heather http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/#comment-39128 Heather Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:31:17 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=3716#comment-39128 Our Dollarramma has a craft mats that are 2'x2' and they are awesome. The were a buck each and I bought enough to cover my table. It is easier to wash these off in the tub rather than clean up newsprint. I much prefer to paint outside in the warm weather...I can just hose them off and their surroundings. Looks like Hannah is a good artist though. And, I do know how hard it is to make hand prints...took the kids a couple of years ago to make trivets with their hand prints....not a fun experience. But, the trivets are nice to have today. Our Dollarramma has a craft mats that are 2′x2′ and they are awesome. The were a buck each and I bought enough to cover my table. It is easier to wash these off in the tub rather than clean up newsprint.

I much prefer to paint outside in the warm weather…I can just hose them off and their surroundings.

Looks like Hannah is a good artist though. And, I do know how hard it is to make hand prints…took the kids a couple of years ago to make trivets with their hand prints….not a fun experience. But, the trivets are nice to have today.

]]> By: Maria@Conversations with Moms http://www.strocel.com/paying-for-complacency/#comment-39127 Maria@Conversations with Moms Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:11:21 +0000 http://www.strocel.com/?p=3716#comment-39127 The last one cracked me up so much. I'm not laughing at your pain of having to clean it up, but just at the surprise of when I saw it. I was only expecting paint on Hannah. The last one cracked me up so much. I’m not laughing at your pain of having to clean it up, but just at the surprise of when I saw it. I was only expecting paint on Hannah.

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