As a special treat, my husband recently took Carbon to see Curious George in the movie theater. N. didn’t like the movie, and said that Carbon had been barely interested in it. I asked Carbon what his favorite part of the movie was, and the answer was: “it’s over!”. Not a good [...]
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It’s different with two kids. Most of you will say – Duh! What were you expecting, girl?
I grew up in a large family, and I couldn’t imagine being an only child. So I always knew I was going to have two kids. But it is definitely different being a mom of two. [...]
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I was flipping through a kids craft book I got for Christmas, and I found this weird recipe for dryer lint clay. The book said it made a “unique clay with an interesting and different texture”. What the heck – what else was I going to do with my dryer lint? So I tried it.
Yuck.
It [...]
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There are some harsh facts to life that my kids will have to learn at some point. Things like death, deforestation, extinction, cruelty, etc. But I’d really like them to learn to love life and the world before they become afraid of those things, so I try to shelter them from things I don’t think [...]
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This week’s library picks included a fun video that Carbon has already watched four times! The host is an animated lizard, and he learns all about slimy animals. Carbon loves to yell “gross” and “icky” at the closeups of slimy slugs, fish, frogs, etc.
Carbon has loved trucks for quite some time [...]
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I am a bit of a neat freak, an organization freak, and a workaholic. I’m trying to loosen up, and I’m not that bad now (my husband says I’m too nice to be a real neat freak – I let other people make a mess), but how will this affect my children? How will I [...]
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The weather is just messing with us! We had some very warm weather, and most of our plants thought it was spring. Stuff is budding, or even in bloom, all over our garden. Our chickens molted, and started laying eggs again. Then we got a forcast of cold air coming down from the arctic, so [...]
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One of the things I find difficult about being a stay-at-home is finding a balance and structure to my days. It’s too easy to get distracted, to be purely reactionary, and to lose track of how much I’m actually doing. I used to solve this problem by creating elaborate To Do Lists, and crossing everything [...]
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Today is the first day that everyone has left and my husband is back at work. So far, I’m doing really well. Hypatia is a wonderful and calm baby (so far, fingers crossed!), and Carbon is handling his big brother status pretty well. The day is half done, and everyone is dressed, well fed, and [...]
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This article seems more balanced than I expected, and it’s interesting to find homeschooling discussed as part of an economic trend. The article looks at the “creative class” or the “educated elite” and why more of them are homeschooling rather than sending their kids to elite private schools.
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