Posted in Cute Kid Stories on Sep 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
The kids are playing “mommy”. Daycare Girl is the Mommy, and Carbon is her “baby”.
Daycare Girl: “Time to get up, Baby!”
Carbon: “I’m too tired. I don’t want to get up.”
Daycare Girl: “Come on, Baby. You can wear anything you want today. If it’s pretty. And if I like it.”
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Homeschooling and Education on Sep 26th, 2007 3 Comments »
Food prep and baking used to be my calm retreat activity. When I was in grad school, I’d bake to relieve tension and procrastinate writing my thesis. It was relaxing to gather, measure, stir. It smelled good while it was in the oven. And I always had treats to take to study groups.
Now, as soon […]
Posted in Daycare and Preschool on Sep 25th, 2007 2 Comments »
If my posting seems shorter, less consistent, or perhaps my writing is off - there’s a reason. My daycare baby (11 months old now), has been pretty much crying for three weeks now. His parents are looking ragged, and report not sleeping at night. I’m feeling ragged too, and thank goodness I only have him […]
Posted in Earth Scouts on Sep 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
We had our first Earth Scouts meeting last Thursday. It went pretty well, and I’m hoping that the group will continue to move forward in a good, fun, and not-too-exhausting for me way.
More kids than I was expecting showed up. Two families from my church came, and four families from the local homeschool group came. […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods on Sep 20th, 2007 3 Comments »
Hypatia is just thrilled to be old enough to make her own art. Look at how happy she is with her finger painting. It’s been awhile since I had a kid doing finger painting, and I’d almost forgotten how much fun it can be to spread so much paint around so quickly. The older […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods on Sep 19th, 2007 4 Comments »
I’ve recently bought Carbon two new products that seemed like fun based on their packaging. We tried Moon Sand, because it looked like you could make a sand castle inside with this stuff. Basically, it is some sort of sand with adhesive that gives it the consistency of wet sand. Interesting and kind of fun […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss on Sep 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
I am so tired! Despite having a cold, I was pretty busy all weekend. Luckily, my cold seems to have passed on without my having to rest much, so I’ll start my week off without that little bonus.
My weekend involved getting my driver’s license renewed, 5 days late. I’ve never been late with something like […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss, Homeschooling and Education on Sep 14th, 2007 4 Comments »
Things seem to be going much more smoothly around here. I looked at my organizer this week, and realized I haven’t written anything down or used it at all in weeks! And it’s not that my house is a mess or my life full of undone things - it’s getting done without lists!
Carbon’s school boxes […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Parenting, Books on Sep 12th, 2007 2 Comments »
I’m currently reading buddhism for mothers: a calm approach to caring for youself and your children by Sara Napthali. There are many wonderful things in this book, including a very honest chapter about the anger we can find in ourselves when we become mothers. But the part that really spoke to me was a section […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss on Sep 11th, 2007 5 Comments »
Today is my birthday. For some reason, I have always had trouble with birthdays. I get melancholy and frequently feel disappointed or like I’m living under a cloud. It’s my annual crisis. Even before the birthday six years ago, when the towers came down while I watched on television, holding my forgotten birthday muffin in […]
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