The Learning Umbrella

Well, I’m off.  I’ll be gone for about a week, so look for the exciting story of traveling across the country with a toddler on my lap to be posted next week!

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I’ve put Hypatia on a leash.  My husband is disturbed by this, and I get a lot of looks.  I understand - I also used to look at those parents and think “how can they put their child on a leash?”  It just seems wrong.
The “harness” that I bought from One Step Ahead is nice, […]

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My mission to spend this break paying more attention to Hypatia involved a trip to Value Village last night.  We go all the time, but Carbon is always filling the cart with his finds, and I don’t look for things just for the girlie.  Yesterday I was looking for things just for her, and we […]

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My church is in flux right now, because our DRE is leaving and the Religious Education committee is going to have to keep things going without her this year.  Everyone wants to help, but I think I’ve taken on considerably more than anyone else.  I just can’t stand to see something not get done.  So, […]

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Last night I dropped off the boys at the airport, at a truly horrible hour (the red eye is so much cheaper!).  They’re off to Kentucky for a week with Carbon’s great grandma (turning 90 years old on Saturday).  Then they drive with my husband’s dad from Kentucky to Lake Erie.  I fly out with […]

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 RegularMom has been kind enough to pass me one of these.  Thank you very much!  Blogging is, of course, its own reward, but I like all of this stuff too!
Passing on the love, these bloggers make me feel very reflective while/after I read them:
Owl Flutter, Mother Crone’s Homeschool, and Ragamuffin Studies

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On Saturday, I took Carbon to see Walking with Dinosaurs, Live at the big dome stadium a few cities up the freeway.  If you have a kid who likes dinosaurs, this show is worth it.  The tickets are a bit expensive, but this is big production stadium magic, like I remember the circus being when I […]

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So far this year, I have baked 257 cookies.  I have a chart up in my kitchen to keep track, because I’m working on a big cookie project.  At the beginning of the year, I pledged to bake 1000 cookies and raise at least $300 to send to treat and prevent fistulas in Africa.  This […]

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Owl Flutter has created a whole new meme, morphing the 8 things meme.  Here are her rules:

You have to post these rules before you give you the facts.

Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the […]

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I’ve always cut the kids’ hair myself - sometimes with mixed results but it always looks ok after a week or so to grow back out.  They wiggle and squirm, and sometimes I need help to hold them down, but the job gets done.
Now Carbon has decided he also hates having his hair washed, and he didn’t […]

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