kelly lorraine caldwell | a working mother mind in a stay-at-home mom life

Technology

July 20, 2010 • MISCELLANY, ,

Clearly technology is changing our youth – tonight Qin said we had to “go back to the menu” when referring to the book’s table of contents.

The genetics of bodily functions

July 19, 2010 • ABOUT ME, LIFE

Warning – this post may be TMI for the non-mom reader.

I’ve been wondering why my kids’ earwax looks like a totally different consistency than mine does. I figured it was just kid wax vs adult wax. I was wrong. Did you know that there are actually two different kinds of earwax? One is a dominant kind/trait and the other is recessive. Turns out I have recessive “dry earwax.” My kids, thanks to my dominant hubby, have the mainstream classic “wet earwax.” The things you learn in motherhood…

Revelations from chunky thighs

July 16, 2010 • LIFE, ,

So after two consecutive nights of Suze getting her *massive* thighs stuck in btn the crib slats, I realized that BABIES DON’T (really) HAVE KNEECAPS! Why did I not know this before?

Art-nerd meets children’s library

July 14, 2010 • I HEART, WISH LIST, , ,

*Amazing* find in the new picture books at the library yesterday: ABC of What Art Can Be by Meher McArthur [illo by Esther Pearl Watson]. Fantastic collaged pages, positive and multimedia context, AND helpful projects/hints in the back too. *LOVE*