The Insightful Path

Ok, let's be honest, Legos are a pain in the a**!  For parents like me who don’t have a nanny and have to pick after my kid’s scattered toys, these small, seemingly innocent building blocks can seriously hurt you – especially when you walk around the house barefoot! They may be small but they pack a punch and the devious part about them is you barely notice them until they pierce you in all the right places! Not only are they painful on the feet, they can also cause some back pain because you would have to hand-pick each one all the time and deposit them into their containers before you can get your much-needed sleep. And yes, they may be small buy they’re costly and they’re tactically sneaky. They’re liked trained spies, they mingle easily and blend in among your kid’s rubble or anywhere around the house and they’re hard to track down. These are the reasons why my husband and I love them and would gladly buy more of them for my son!  Ironic r...

  (Image Credit: http://sarkarilife.com/)   If I were to give an unsolicited advice to parents who want their kids to develop the love for learning and communication, it would be to "find time to read to them". At this point in time when my only real quality time with my son is towards bedtime, away from the distractions of housework and television or the intenet, I really relish our pre-bedtime routine. It starts (and by start that would mean after a few minutes of running around to catch him or coercing him to finally want to go to bed) with a bubble bath and ends with both of us lying side by side and reading two or three stories, one of which is a story about bulldozers and heavy equipment - his personal favorite! I'd like to consider my son as especially gifted (but as parents, don't we all?) . His milestones, both physically and mentally were quite advanced - he learned to walk and talk and a lot of other things way earlier than most k...