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By: meka

meka — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:26:19 +0000

I have a two year old daughter and our thing is doing our toes and also dancing. She loves to dance and sing and she’s such a girly girl already (maybe I had something to do with it!) she will go get the polish and come say “mommy toes”
We also cuddles together in the evenings and read or watch one of her favorite cartoons. I’ll say go get your blanket, she’ll go get it and get on the couch and cuddle up next to me, sometimes I make popcorn because I remember that’s some of the things I used to do with my step mother when I was young…

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:01:46 +0000

This is one of those “don’t ever take anything for granted” topics. My kids are , 20, 22 and 24. I so appreciate all of them. My kids are great in thier own rights but I do remember the slumber parties in mommy and daddys bed while watching tv eating snacks. When they were young our snacks was and still is cereal. Now that they are older their snack is still cereal but they have their snack with “milk” and not in a bed. LOL. Some say that it is not a good thing to sleep with your kids. I slept with my newborn(s) on my chest to hear them breathing. I have a new hubby and now I lay my ear to his chest to hear his heart beating. Yes you can call me Corny with a (K) or even Crazy with a (K), I call me a mom and a wife, who appreciates and will never take anything for granted.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:37:07 +0000

We have what’s called family bed once a week. Where we all sleep together. My daughter loves this because she gets to hug up with mommy and daddy. She never forgets and looks forward to it weekly and so do I.

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By: MyBrownBaby

MyBrownBaby — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:49:46 +0000

My girls and I LOVE music like we do air—it’s an elixir that we simply CAN NOT live without. When they were younger, I used to rock them in the rocker and sing to them. Now, I’m not Stevie Wonder, but my oldest daughter LOVED when I sang “Ribbon in the Sky” to her. And for my little one, I used to sing India.Aire’s “Beautiful Surprise.” I can’t sing worth a nothin’, but that didn’t matter… it was the words that they loved, and the fact that I was singing just for them. To this day, those songs are their favorites, and occasionally, I sing them to them (when there aren’t any adults around to make fun!). Our “thing” though is to cook with the iPod blasting on the portable speaker… we love MJ, Mint Condition, Stevie, Musiq, Jill Scott, India.Aire, Ledisi, Bilal, Kindred the Family Soul, Wynton Marsalis, Santana, Chucho Valdez, Marvin Gaye, Fela… you know, GOOD music. Our list runs deep.

Thank you for the lovely compliment, Ronnie. My best advice to you as a writer and a mom is to indulge your daughter’s passion for words… let her write. Give her notebooks and fancy pens and let her have at it… you might even try writing a story with her… I’ll bet she’d get a kick out of it!

By: Mocha Dad

Mocha Dad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:36:25 +0000

We have a thankful box. Throughout the year, we write down things that we are thankful for. On Thanksgiving, we read them all.

By: Aja

Aja — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:09:31 +0000

I read to both of my kids separately every night before they go to bed. My daughter is ten now and only reads books with chapters. We still read every night and just alternate pages. My son is only a year old and seems to love “reading” with me at night. My mother used to do the same thing with me and I always remember it being one of my favorite parts of the day.

By: MissJay

MissJay — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:29:39 +0000

They will remember the songs trust me . That very thing was the reason I picked Strawberry Letter 23 for my father/daughter dance when I got married. He used to play Brothers Johnson and Earth, Wind, & Fire records when I did my homework and he would sing along to me. Some of my fondest memories and it still makes me smile and want to be “daddy’s little girl” all over again .

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:54:01 +0000

@Maria – I want to be you. I want to be the mother that can sing. I think it would be awesome to sing to my kids at night. But I can’t carry a tune and I don’t let that stop me either. I am always singing to my family and they are always telling me how bad it sounds. So in a way, they will remember that mommy couldn’t sing..and they will laugh.

@Kisha – you are so right. And I definitley need to do more of the little sweet things for my teenage son.

@Mrs CJ…we also sing and dance with the kids!! Music is important around here. My husband puts on his favorite tunes while we are all getting dressed in the morning. I am sure the kids will remember that!!

By: Kisha

Kisha — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:22:55 +0000

I am the mother of a 12 yr old daughter and 4 yr old son. Sometimes I forget that my 12 year old is still technically “a baby” and forget that they sometimes like to be pampered and get the same attention as the younger ones. As a mother, I am glad that you decided to change your mind and rub that lotion on your “baby” girl. Those are the things they WILL remember.