In yoga class this morning, we did a partner exercise where another person helped us stretch. My job was to lie on the floor with the soles of my feet together and let my feet be gently pushed towards my face. All I had to do was relax and let go.
It was the hardest part [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Letting go
Posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Scaleability
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, the monkeys went to bed about an hour apart. I put them both to sleep and found that it was much easier to put one kid to bed than it is to put two kids to bed. Even though Monkey #2 was wailing most of the way down.
Bedtime always seems more about processing the [...]
Do-overs
Posted in Managing Expectations on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A friend of mine is reading a book to help him understand his three year old. One of the main points, at least from the introduction, is that 3 year olds often don’t know what they want. And they want exactly what they want, even if they don’t know what they want. (If you think that sounds [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When you’re a monkey, everything looks like a tree.
Image thanks to A. N. Erlandson.
