Another Pick (and Yours)

When I tell this story, you're going to think I planned it from the start. I promise, I did not.

So my last mom pick was the Twistable crayons. What is this one about?

Mr. Clean Magic Erasers.

Why do I love the magic erasers?

Andy walked into the kitchen the other day, and Porter was standing at the pantry door with one of his new crayons. He looked at Andy, smiled and then turned back to his masterpiece, explaining "door, pur-po."

Looks like we need to find a new spot to store the art supplies.

In the meantime, here are some of the mom picks from our friends:

Kid-Friendly Instruments (they come stuffed inside a drum)

Crayola Color Magic Marker & Books (sounds like we need these--the markers only color on the special Crayola paper...no doors, no walls, no clothes, no mess)

Finger painting with pudding on wax paper (edible, washing machine-friendly and delicious)

Keep those suggestions coming!

Mom Picks

So I was thinking, a large majority of the people who frequent our blog are past, current or future cool, hip moms (at least I think they are) who are all compiling little lists of their kiddie-faves.

Ladies (and gents, in all fairness to our fatherly friends out there), it's time to start shairng:

What toys, books, clothes, websites, etc. have revolutionized the child-rearing experience (or at least have survived more than five minutes of play before being broken or discarded)?

I'm going to kick things off today with my newest Porter-find:

Crayola Twistables

Why do I love 'em?

Porter loves to color but he seems to break even the thick clunky crayons within the first few rounds of scribbling. The twistables (we use the minis as opposed to the full, pencil-sized version) seem to be easier for his little toddler hands to use (he colors longer and the scribbles are much darker), and best of all, they can't be broken (at least until he figures out how to twist the crayon all the way up and then break it off from its casing...I have to remind myself to do the twsiting behind my back).

So that's my first mom pick.

What are yours?

Post 'em in the comments; we can all use a little inspiration every now and then.

C-sees

Those of you who haven't been with Porter in our house since he started crawling may not know of his love for Andy's CDs. And those of you who have never been in our home may not understand how big of a problem this can be. With years of work in a record store, Andy's got more C-sees, as Porter calls them, than we have room for, and we literally have an entire wall full of CDs. As you can imagine, this is a constant battle with an almost-two year old.


Until today. I am proud to report that for the first time in his life, Porter listened when I said "No CDs" as he was running across the room screeching C-seeeeeessss!


Based on Porter's prayer hours later at dinner, I guess Porter was as surprised as I was that he listened. The prayer went like this:

Me: We're grateful for our family.
Porter: Yeah. (This is the standard Porter-prayer)

Me: We're grateful for the fun day we've had.
Porter: Yeah.

Me: We're grateful for this food.
Porter: An no touch-a da C-sees.


Yes Porter, I am very grateful you didn't touch the CDs. If only it would last.
To continue the Porter-is-a-good-listener celebration, I told Porter I wanted to take his picture in front of Daddy's CDs because he was so good at not touching them. No sooner had I positioned him in front of the shelves and stepped back, then, as you can see, his little fingers crept behind his back to grab the CDs.