My favorite picture: The couch got in the way as Simone made her way from her bedroom to ours.
As the year winds down, here is a look back at the first six months of Honeysmoke. Thanks for making the site a success. See you next year.
A few of my favorite posts:
No Tu-Tu for Simone: A movie about Simone’s preference for skirts and dresses.
A Cautionary Tale: A movie about Nadia’s eating habits.
Part Girl, Part Boy: A bump on the teeth leads to a shocking discovery.
Floating Away: Letting go of the Disney balloons.
Simone, Race and Cars: Simone’s observation about brown people and the cars they drive.
Listen to the story of Maya, a brave 4-year-old little girl diagnosed with a rare blood disease. Finding a bone marrow match for Maya is more difficult because her mother is Asian and her father is Caucasian.
I found this video and a version of this post at Beads, Braids & Beyond. Detangling is tough to do. Most drench the hair in conditioner and then start detangling from ends to root with a wide-tooth comb. That is what I usually do. A mother reminds us the best tools we have are our fingers. Enjoy.
By Beads, Braids & Beyond
© Beads, Braids & Beyond
When you wet your childs hair and load it up with conditioner, you probably automatically take a wide tooth comb to it. The thing is, the comb does not remove the tangles like your fingers would. The comb just rips through the tangles, causing a lot of unneccassary breakage.
So I am taking a pledge. From now on I will detangle her hair with my fingers first before using a wide tooth comb.
I, Honeysmoke, pledge to always remove tangles from Simone and Nadia’s hair with my fingers before using a wide tooth comb.
Take the pledge at Beads, Braids & Beyond.
Simone and Nadia receive all kinds of compliments when we leave the house. They are beautiful. They are so well-behaved. They are … They are all of those things and a little more. Those folks giving out all the praise do not know just an hour earlier one of them demanded to wear tights, then socks and then tights again, while the other one ran around the house, saying “Ouch,” as I tried to comb her hair. Getting out of the house is not an easy affair. Remember that the next time you see a mother pushing her otherwise content children. You are not seeing the whole picture.
The most popular gift under the tree this year: Hungry, Hungry Hippos. The game I played more than 30 years ago beat all things electronic and all things learning. It beat all the dolls and all animals. Simone and Nadia went again and again to the game, where the object is to eat as many marbles as possible.
I picked it up because I remembered how much fun I had playing with it as a child. Of course, I was much older when I had it, and it had real marbles, not plastic ones. I also remember the game being a bit more sturdy when I was a kid. Even with those changes, we, I mean, the girls have played with it over and over again.
And yes, I received the Charlie Brown Christmas DVD. I can now watch it any time I want, especially when the president decides to give a speech on something or the other.
