I stayed up too late last night finishing The Mask of Motherhood, and I want to share a couple of good quotes from the end of the book.
“One thing is certain: that we will never attain the goal of living comfortably with our choices as mothers until we acknowledge that we have choices and, even [...]
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It’s snowing here right now, which is unusual enough in this area to be a big deal. I pointed the snow out to Carbon, and his response was “it’s winter time now!”. It would be fun if some of this sticks to the ground so that he can play in it.
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I’m reading The Mask of Motherhood, by Susan Maushart, and it points out to me how lucky I am as a mother. I was better prepared for motherhood than most women, and so I didn’t experience a lot of the “baby shock” that Maushart talks about. I’m the oldest of four, and I [...]
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In the latest issue of Utne magazine, there is a little article about artist Ingo Gunther’s globes, which show various statistics physically represented on the world. I wish I could see these in 3D and actually spin them around, but the 2D photographs are cool too. And it gives me an interesting idea for homeschool [...]
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What do you do on the long Thanksgiving weekend? Go see movies! I wanted to see several that are out right now: Pride and Prejudice (my husband refused to go with me), Rent (it was sold out when I tried to go), and Harry Potter. I only got to see the last. [...]
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I’m waiting on corn bread in the oven, and sipping some coffee. Thank goodness I didn’t volunteer to do the whole meal at my house this year! Supplying two allergy free pies and one batch of allergy free stuffing is enough to keep me busy last night and this morning. (Allergies: I can’t eat tomatoes [...]
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As I type this, we are missing our play class. Normally we go three mornings a week, and Carbon does have fun there. But this morning when I let him know that it was almost time to go, he was right in the middle of a very involved game he had made up where all [...]
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I’ve read a great deal about early childhood development, and one of the things that is frequently mentioned is a child’s ability to sort or classify things. Basically, as a child gets older, they will be able to classify based on more and more characteristics, but at first they can only handle one variable at [...]
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I don’t remember where I read this, but some book once said that people who work for themselves and stay-at-home parents should not confuse flex time with free time. That is just so true. This weekend, for the last three nights in a row, Carbon has woken up crying about leg or tummy pains. I’ve [...]
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I have two thoughts today. My first is a personal tidbit about being your child’s role model. Maybe we forget that sometimes, but just by being here and setting an example, we’re shaping the way our children learn and grow. Last night I was reminded of that when Carbon and I sat down to draw [...]
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