2011

You’ve got to love Seattle. It’s beautiful, clean and green. Yet, you have to realize, those of you from warmer and dryer climates, it’s clean and green because there is liquid coming from the sky on a regular basis. It rains a lot in Seattle. Now, honestly, I do get kind of tired of this […]

Space Needle Eyes

by Heligirl on May 25, 2011

in Daily Ramblings

I’ve always loved the Space Needle. It was my special place to go when I was a little girl. It’s still very special to me today. So when I got to take my babies there for the first time last weekend, I took a ton of photos. Wildly, this one was my favorite. My little […]

When it comes to positive discipline, advice on potty training, or toilet training, is painfully simple. Wait for your child to exhibit the signs, don’t push, don’t reward, and don’t praise. In fact, when it comes to potty training, we parents and caregivers can be our own biggest obstacle, trying to push, reward, praise and […]

If you’ve been following along here at Heligirl for any amount of time you must know by now that I’m a bit of a Deadliest Catch fan. I’ve had the extreme pleasure to chat with many of the captains and crews on the show as well as the hard-working Discovery folks who put it together. […]

Confessions: Raccoons Scare me to Death

by Heligirl on May 18, 2011

in Confessions

I’m one of those moms I said I’d never be – seeing or reading something that scares me to death and then reacting. I saw an Animal Planet program last year about a toddler who ingested raccoon roundworm eggs at a playground and almost died as the larva went into his brain, ate through his […]

I am such a firm believer in Positive Discipline and positive discipline advocate Jane Nelsen. Her parenting advice has made a real difference in my life. I follow her blog and receive her RSS feed. She posted the following great story last week. I was so inspired I asked permission to repost it here, hoping […]

Happy Birthday Little Man

by Heligirl on May 11, 2011

in Daily Ramblings,Photography

I can’t believe it’s been two years since you came into my life, all warm and snugglely baby boy. You’re my sweet little dude and you’ll always be Mommy’s Little Boy. I love you Mr. Man. Tweet

Backtalk Battles

by Heligirl on May 9, 2011

in Mom Tip Monday,Parenting Articles

Any parent or caregiver of a child old enough to talk is familiar with back talking, or backtalk. Think of this though, how guilty are you of the same offense? Some recent parenting advice helped me see this differently. I recently learned the hard way that my own inherent controlling behavior caused me to respond […]