tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:23:03 +0000http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Connie)Blogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-5169074309263052851Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:56:00 +00002009-11-05T10:31:00.715-08:00 I didn't know what a blog was until...umm... three, maybe... four years ago.  Kenz is turning seven and she is well-acquainted with blogs and a blogger (her Nana).  Brody's mom is also a blogger. She blogs about Brody. We are both braggers, I mean bloggers of our interactions and reactions of grandmahood and motherhood, respectively. Kenzie's mom is a Facebooker. She has several albums of fun http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/qs6XFjR8Lhk/put-it-on-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/qs6XFjR8Lhk" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/11/put-it-on-blog.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-7576015023584323667Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:27:00 +00002009-11-04T07:14:30.510-08:00How adorable is this little giraffe? Good Witches of the WestCousins trick or treating. Look at Dad's flip flops. We had very mild weather and a FULL Moon. Brody's trunk was his bag for his treats. I wonder what was going through his fourteen-month old brain when all of a sudden people are dressed funny and walking up to houses and getting candy from a funny person holding a big bowl.   And whyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/9qRd4BhaQL8/halloween-is-for-kids-and-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/9qRd4BhaQL8" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/11/halloween-is-for-kids-and-there.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-7142120033755714130Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:23:00 +00002009-11-04T07:13:38.286-08:00Remember the old-fashioned Halloween Carnival at the grammar school down the block?  On the night before Trick or Treat day each classroom was magically transformed into an exciting chance to win something.  Although you could still smell the chalk dust, there was not a desk in sight. We were thrilled with fishing ponds, cake walks and toss games. There was a  long line to get in the spook house http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/_uHDj2o0Ub0/old-fashioned-excitement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/_uHDj2o0Ub0" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/10/old-fashioned-excitement.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-8960948248059431999Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:48:00 +00002009-10-28T10:13:10.155-07:00Today in the desert we woke up to very cold air.  I took these pictures yesterday when it felt like spring. Brody is missing his morning yard time, but we have to wait till the sun warms things a bit.  Kenzie has a little cold or maybe allergies, hopefully. She stayed home with her mom today. It seems that the week proceeding Halloween is one that usually brings big changes in the way of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/JbTxgrKpFsY/seasons-greet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/JbTxgrKpFsY" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/10/seasons-greet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-7568320939261458339Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:34:00 +00002009-10-30T18:16:58.576-07:00  Last night Brody's parents went out to dinner. When they got back to collect their boy, his mom asked me a question that sort of made me think a bit. And that was, "So Con, what's a typical morning with Brody like?"  Without thinking about it, my immediate thought was ...none of my days over the last year have been 'typical'.   The first year of a child's life is so full of changes, it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/98UOiTgnpb8/todays-typical-morning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/98UOiTgnpb8" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/10/todays-typical-morning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-2193210047434921008Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:39:00 +00002009-10-16T05:50:57.476-07:00Oprah.comNurturerNaps I was just browsing Oprah.com and took a quiz to find out what's me? I ranked high as a Nurturer.  I already knew this about myself, because afterall, I am a nurse and... a Granny Nanny.  What I need to be reminded (and this was in the answer) is to not say 'yes' to things I might not feel like doing. Also, to take care of my spiritual, emotional and physical needs before nurturing all the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/v2qORaXpwxs/naps-and-nurturing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/v2qORaXpwxs" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/10/naps-and-nurturing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-5896022633946750040Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:55:00 +00002009-10-12T20:17:40.839-07:00Ann TylerMaria Montessori Look what crawled up on my desk, right on top of my current read Ladder of Years by Ann Tyler.  It's an egg carton/pipe cleaner spider that Kenz made at Montessori. The other night  Brody and I attended the school's open house along with Kenz's parents.  Brody immediately became a Montessori kind of kid and got his hands and mind wrapped around as many materials as he possibly could. Kenz http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/ndW3pKfrlSQ/kenzs-ladder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/ndW3pKfrlSQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/10/kenzs-ladder.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-4524231353740873678Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:08:00 +00002009-09-30T06:39:28.450-07:00Nana and Daba's house has these little step downs that I need to learn to maneuver.If I hold on to the wall, it might help me to get down without falling boom!Grandpa Daba is standing next to me and he's ready to catch me. I can do it... I can step down....... all by myself. I go slow. I feel for the floor with my toes.Hey people do you know I have been walking for a little more than a month?I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/6nxiDVMrdK4/stepping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/6nxiDVMrdK4" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/09/stepping.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-993238793807217352Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:36:00 +00002009-09-27T06:44:24.168-07:00This is day three back from my trip to Tuscany. I went with my brother Joe and a group of David Whyte poetry fans. Not only was the countryside incredibly serene and inspiring, but so were the daily sessions listening to the poet. You can Goggle him to learn more.This was my first trip to Italy and hopefully, not the last. The place is a paradise of hospitality. We stayed in an ancient farmhouse http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/zmqh04TTYrg/this-is-day-three-back-from-my-trip-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/zmqh04TTYrg" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-is-day-three-back-from-my-trip-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-355222166926806923Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:16:00 +00002009-09-24T09:00:11.742-07:00The card from Kenz (above) was on my desk when I got home from Italy. I was gone for about two weeks. Kenz and Brody both have made subtle, wonderful changes. Brody is steady on his feet and Kenz was excited to read to me from a Mary Pope Osborn Chapter book. She had two of them and had read the first one. "I'll let you borrow it, Nana, so you can read it, too," Of course, I loved hearing this. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/qRv-6yEZ3ZU/card-from-kenz-above-was-on-my-desk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/qRv-6yEZ3ZU" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/09/card-from-kenz-above-was-on-my-desk.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-5786862040087219878Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:34:00 +00002009-09-08T09:16:57.245-07:00 Brody started walking about ten days ago, a few weeks short of his first birthday. We are all so proud of him, but he just might be the proudest one of all. He is true to the name toddler. Not a tea-toddler either. Grandpa says he walks like he just finished a fifth of gin. Oh! Grandpa, you are so funny! And Brody you are so Cute!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/3jRGY49q6sM/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/3jRGY49q6sM" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-4039318371642347481Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:39:00 +00002009-08-24T11:56:34.527-07:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/Xn5-cwrBJz8/happy-birthday-kenzies-mom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/Xn5-cwrBJz8" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-birthday-kenzies-mom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-2096237687059793725Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:36:00 +00002009-08-18T13:56:59.689-07:00 Brody is eleven months old and working part-time as a builder and demolition expert. I love to watch him play. According to Maria Montessori, this is the time children like to put things into a box and take them out. Brody's method is a bit unique. Don't ya love it?Montessori.. tid bits from Wikipedia:Children learn through discovery, so didactic materials with a control for error are used. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/470Sf-kBpaE/play-and-learn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/470Sf-kBpaE" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/08/play-and-learn.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-5851711289545233172Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:15:00 +00002009-08-05T15:19:39.822-07:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/z5LwGpAcnSA/my-cool-bubble-girl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/z5LwGpAcnSA" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-cool-bubble-girl.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-5397511672186658252Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:56:00 +00002009-07-31T09:52:24.506-07:00Yesterday Kenz and I saw the Hannah Montana movie for the second time. We had so much fun. We went to the cheap theater in the middle of a sweltering afternoon. We got a medium popcorn, the big box of Hot Tamales and the jumbo size Agua Fina water for twenty five cents more than the small bottle. They even gave us a free cup of ice!The last time we saw Hannah, at the regular movie theater, we http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/S_2-SGYMBlc/soul-tears.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/S_2-SGYMBlc" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/07/soul-tears.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-100975629642755504Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:18:00 +00002009-07-08T18:21:35.275-07:00 Here's Brody at work, playing in playroom number one. Next week, he'll be ten months old. He needs lots of room to crawl and ample space to keep his little limbs in motion. Right now as I type, he is absorbed in the small plastic giraffe (you can see it next to the big giraffe.) Everytime he shakes it, (so far about a hundred times) it says Whata we gonna do. ou ou ou. I think I really need a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/Jx4nfbQw2so/new-every-morning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/Jx4nfbQw2so" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-every-morning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-7789148839480670751Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:07:00 +00002009-07-03T06:47:35.701-07:00Congratulations to my beautiful sister Neci, who is graduating this summer with a Master's Degree in Children's Literature. Did I get that right sister? It was great getting our summer started with a visit from Neci, although it was way too short. She was our early June bloom. Neci has always kept Kenz 'in books' and this trip she came with a bag full.As it turned out, while she was here, our http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/yKQjqRvxf8A/story-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/yKQjqRvxf8A" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/06/story-time.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-4335479744468211459Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +00002009-06-19T16:10:30.135-07:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/5BpMIvOlrSg/nine-months-standing-in-crib.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/5BpMIvOlrSg" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/06/nine-months-standing-in-crib.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-4358208735406068566Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:44:00 +00002009-06-19T16:12:28.478-07:00Kenz has been earning some saving money. Nana do you have anything you want me to do? Do you want to clean up the playroom? Definitely Nana. How much?I will give you a quarter, twenty five cents. I'll do that Nana and then you think of another chore for me, ok?Kenz has been at it since summer started and now she has a good start to open a saving account at the bank. She loves to watch her money http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/Cq6F_XKzxx0/choreful.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/Cq6F_XKzxx0" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/06/choreful.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-4809017450956959800Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:10:00 +00002009-06-05T07:41:35.022-07:00Perler BeadsPerler bead websiteiron-together beads. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/CfFA7orjll4/fantastic-finger-plays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/CfFA7orjll4" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/06/fantastic-finger-plays.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-4147141375794496528Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:13:00 +00002009-06-03T19:32:32.164-07:00summer's hereand the time is right for playing in the yardKenz doesn't care how cold the pool is, she jumps right in. Brody is right at home in her old pink push car. Ah life, without a diaper. In case of accident, just get the hose!I've had what seems like hundreds of summers in our yard, with my own kids and even though I'm old, and working, twenty-four hours a week as a nurse, I'm determined http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/9ycghWIPuJY/summertime-agenda.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/9ycghWIPuJY" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/06/summertime-agenda.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-8647127143250790217Mon, 18 May 2009 17:42:00 +00002009-05-18T12:04:16.361-07:00 My Playful Beluga'sThe Beluga is a highly sociable creature. Groups of males may number in the hundreds, but mothers with calves generally mix in slightly smaller groups. When pods do aggregate in estuaries, they may number in the thousands. This can represent a significant proportion of the entire Beluga population and is the time when they are most vulnerable to hunting. Beluga pods tend to behttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/RzlCLCo4gPY/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/RzlCLCo4gPY" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-3371195126577838549Sun, 10 May 2009 00:42:00 +00002009-05-09T17:56:38.495-07:00Brody loves looking at Kenz's creations, especially when he is busy sucking away on his bottle. And Kenz loves having a turn holding him on her lap and feeding him. The wall display started with the round work of artwork, the yellow star surrounded by turquoise. We couldn't stop there, we stuck them all up. What is more interesting than children's art? I can't think of anything better to decoratehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/eZBHFjugb-0/kenzs-wall-of-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/eZBHFjugb-0" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/05/kenzs-wall-of-art.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-5678588984960187570Mon, 04 May 2009 16:37:00 +00002009-05-04T11:34:27.280-07:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/GcvOf8LJzRY/play-by-play.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/GcvOf8LJzRY" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/05/play-by-play.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5132167407125242524.post-863489318729451556Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:28:00 +00002009-04-23T22:31:20.824-07:00Do you remember when you had your second child and just watching the older one interact with the younger new member of the family was true entertainment? Do you recall that even when the older one was distracted and not paying particular attention to the baby, that just having the two of them together in the same room was a good feeling?Well lo and behold! It's no different as a grandmother. Kenzhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~3/csWm6pvSnLg/reading-quietly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Connie)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlayWitMeNana/~4/csWm6pvSnLg" height="1" width="1"/>http://playwitmenana.blogspot.com/2009/04/reading-quietly.html