http://www.rookiemoms.com/try-potching/ Two geeky girls' guide to the first years of motherhood. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.rookiemoms.com/try-potching/comment-page-1/#comment-35059 Jeannine Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:08:12 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/try-potching/#comment-35059 I call this "sink scientist" and yep, it rocks. I call this “sink scientist” and yep, it rocks.

]]> http://www.rookiemoms.com/try-potching/comment-page-1/#comment-11209 eli Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:59:17 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/try-potching/#comment-11209 sol LOVES "bubble" aka <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amandabat/500359111/" rel="nofollow">doing the dishes</a>. sol LOVES “bubble” aka doing the dishes.

]]> http://www.rookiemoms.com/try-potching/comment-page-1/#comment-3460 sunny Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:07:24 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/try-potching/#comment-3460 Some more fun in the kitchen for toddlers and up is the sorting game. When the dishwasher is done, I remove the sharp knives, then I pull up a chair by the utensil drawer and he sorts the clean utensils. He loves to help and is really good at it too. In fact, sometimes when he goes to get a spoon and some of the utensils are out of order, he says, "Daddy put the utensils in the wrong places again!" Some more fun in the kitchen for toddlers and up is the sorting game. When the dishwasher is done, I remove the sharp knives, then I pull up a chair by the utensil drawer and he sorts the clean utensils. He loves to help and is really good at it too. In fact, sometimes when he goes to get a spoon and some of the utensils are out of order, he says, “Daddy put the utensils in the wrong places again!”

]]> http://www.rookiemoms.com/try-potching/comment-page-1/#comment-3416 Heather Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:40:54 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/try-potching/#comment-3416 Ha ha! I wonder if this counts for being along the same lines... twice this past week, Holden has helped me make salad. I give him a bowl on the floor with some lettuce and tell him to rip it really really small (he's great at this!), then I give him small cut-up pieces of vegetables to add to his bowl. I don't care whether he nibbles at them or not (so far, unlike me, he does not), and this little game also encourages me to add more different veggies to my salad. Ha ha! I wonder if this counts for being along the same lines… twice this past week, Holden has helped me make salad. I give him a bowl on the floor with some lettuce and tell him to rip it really really small (he’s great at this!), then I give him small cut-up pieces of vegetables to add to his bowl. I don’t care whether he nibbles at them or not (so far, unlike me, he does not), and this little game also encourages me to add more different veggies to my salad.

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