http://raisingmygirls.today.com Where life meets children of the female persuasion! Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:54:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been a long two weeks... and it's not even over yet!  The big girls have been out of school for almost two weeks now.  They will finally return to school next week on January 6th, and it can't come fast enough for this tired mommy. The first week is always ... http://raisingmygirls.today.com/2008/12/30/little-girls-home-for-christmas-break/ Every year we let the girls go shopping to buy gifts for their sisters.  All three of them end up buying 2 gifts and receiving two gifts.  I give them a $5 per person limit (since I'm paying for it) and let them shop. It's really funny to watch the girls ... http://raisingmygirls.today.com/2008/12/08/little-girls-shopping-for-sisters/ Christmas gifts are running rampant under my Christmas tree.  I don't think it looks like we have as many gifts as we usually have under there, but the truth is that there are just smaller, more expensive gifts under there.  With the exception of a couple of grown-up gifts for ... http://raisingmygirls.today.com/2008/12/07/little-girls-and-keeping-secrets/ Ah, the holidays are upon us.  It's the time of year where millions parent out there attempt to figure out what their children would like as a gift.  You may beg for a wish list.  You may take the hint when your child points at a commercial for the newest Elmo ... http://raisingmygirls.today.com/2008/11/15/girls-and-holiday-shopping/ Yes, today is November 1st.  It's the day after Halloween.  It's the day that all the candy received the night before must be spread across the livingroom floor to be traded, eaten, fussed over, counted, and ultimately devoured in some form or another. My girls did this very thing a couple ... http://raisingmygirls.today.com/2008/11/01/little-girls-and-the-day-after-halloween/ Today something funny happened.  The girls decided that they wanted to carve their own Halloween pumpkins!  When I was little we would carve a Halloween pumpkin every year.  So it seemed like the thing to do once I had kids of my own.  That is until they got just old enough ... http://raisingmygirls.today.com/2008/10/29/girls-and-pumpkin-carving/ My girls love music.  They come by it naturally as I too love music.  My house almost always has music playing at any given time throughout the day. Daytime shows don't appeal to me, so my television stays on the "Hit List" digital music channel until about 7-8pm each night. Music helps ... http://raisingmygirls.today.com/2008/10/28/girls-and-music/ When they're little they tend to overlook the clothing that you put on them.  As they grow into their own and become more independent they start showing interest in picking out their own clothes.  Then you hit early puberty and the clothing goes flying across the bedroom every single morning. My ... http://raisingmygirls.today.com/2008/10/27/girls-and-clothes/ It's funny how women enjoy trying out new hairstyles all the time.  Most men might go through three different styles in their entire life.  But women start from a young age and continue until their last day trying on new and different styles. With that said, this morning I just tossed ... http://raisingmygirls.today.com/2008/10/20/little-girls-and-hairstyles/ Okay, so my youngest can be quite comical at times... as all three year olds can be.  However, today has been even funnier than usual.  This could be that she's coming off of a mysterious illness (she ran a high fever Monday that was gone Tuesday).  Or it could be ... http://raisingmygirls.today.com/2008/10/16/three-year-old-girls-and-moves/