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Living in the background

October 18, 2018 Lisa Marsh
www.AnotherNormalDay.com

I saw this picture and I had to catch my breath for a moment.

The focus on him. The wistful look on her face, patiently waiting for attention.

It made me wonder, how often does this happen that I don't even notice. How much time do they spend waiting while I focus on him and his needs. 

Balance is the hardest thing. Fairness. Figuring how to get everyone's needs met, when there is just one of you to go around. They all need 100%. But there are four of them and one of me.

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Today’s adventure was the San Diego Botanic Garden. What a wonderful place! The kids absolutely loved it. It’s all about Southern California native plants, plus they have gardens representing many regions around the world with similar climates. We learned a ton about which plants are native and which plants are from other parts of the world. Plus they have a huge children’s are full of all kinds of interactive exhibits for kids to climb, make music, play. It was great!
Today we went to the Natural History museum in Balboa Park. I haven’t been here since I was a kid. The museum is awesome, they’ve done a great job of keeping the museum updated and really connecting to the natural history of the area. We had a great time.
That time I had a nice relaxing float in the pool. 🤣
Sorting through papa’s change box is the perfect opportunity to do a little multiplication and money math.
I just finished this and I’m just going to say that I think it’s the best parenting book I’ve ever read. I would highly recommend this for any parent, especially those with very young children, or anyone who works with or cares for young children. There is so much fascinating information in here about how the very young brain develops, how young children learn, how babies and children explore and learn from everything around them, what really is intelligence, how children develop both cognitive and emotional intelligence, and so much more. Most importantly, how much unstructured play matters in their development. And it’s not a book full of opinions and conjecture, it’s full of science. They talk about study after study that have been done on infant and child development, and what the results really mean. I could hardly put it down. My kids are older than a lot of what is covered in here, but interestingly I learned a ton that I think is very useful for where my autistic child is even now in his development. Highly, highly recommend. I checked this one out from the library, but I’m going to order myself a copy ASAP because I want to read it again and highlight the heck out of it.
Living the dream.
Today we visited the Mission San Diego. I’m ashamed to admit that I’d never been there, even after growing up in California and learning about California history. It was great timing because we’ve just finished learning about the Spanish explorers and conquistadors and some of the early history of European expansion in north, central, and South America. So this morning we read about the history of the missions and why they were founded, and I even learned a few things I didn’t know. Then we went down and toured the mission grounds. We even got to hear one of the bells being rung, the largest one which was cast in 1894. It was really beautiful.
Airplane reading.
Tell me I’m not the only one who organizes the pens by color before leaving on vacation. I’m taking some with us, of course, and I need to make sure we have all the colors, and this seems like the logical way, right?
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Lisa Marsh is a former corporate marketing manager who is now pursuing her original lifelong dream of being the very best mom she can be to her four kids: two sets of twins! She blogs about twins, parenting, and autism on Another Normal Day, and she blogs about cooking for a big family, school lunches, cooking tips, and home organization on What Lisa Cooks.