My six-year-old stayed up way too late last night (and didn’t even get to see fireworks). This morning, he’s sleeping in like a teenager and I’m totally not getting him up until he’s got a solid 12 hours.
Category Archives: parenthood
Memorial Day Weekend (Excerpts)
Blogging With Consent
Sometimes, if Connor can keep himself on task at bedtime, I’ll let him play a game of Two Dots on my phone before we read a bedtime story. Last night was one of those nights.
As the app was launching up, he read aloud the random message that popped up about connecting your game to Facebook to sync your progress. He didn’t quite get the word “sync” right, but he got the idea, especially since he understands that people share pictures and videos and stories with one another on Facebook. When I explained to him that I didn’t really want to connect everything to Facebook, he asked why not.
“Well,” I explained, “I don’t need Facebook to know everything about me. I mean, I already have my own website, where I share things about my flowers and about you–”
He lit up, and immediately wanted to see.
Dear Connor: Six-and-a-Half
It never ceases to amaze me how much can change in just half a year. Since you started kindergarten, you’ve changed so much already.
Swim Buddies
