Mellix Life

Category: Learning

  • Breaking Up With A Daycare :(

    My youngest has been in a daycare from the very beginning. Two years ago when we relocated to Charlotte we found the most amazing preschool. I’ve always worked although I did consider staying home after my second child was born. I knew shortly after being on maternity leave it wouldn’t work.

  • Shoe Leather Steak Night

    Tonight I tried. I tried to prepare dinner at home for the kids. My husband went to choir rehearsal and I bought some steaks to cook a decent meal. On a normal week night we are rushed and due to a lack of planning we’ll end up driving by a fast food joint for dinner.…

  • Why didn’t you sell that dangerous thing?

    Aaron was supposed to be getting dressed. I heard him digging around near the laundry basket of clean clothes but finding a shirt for school was not on his list of priorities this morning. Aaron: “AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!” (followed by dramatic sobbing…)

  • How to learn telling time

    We used a Dr. Seuss themed foam clock I picked up at the dollar store. Added some notes on there for reminders and then…practice, practice, and more practice 🙂 Visual learning tools work best with my boys. How do your kids best learn new things?