Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems, is a sequel to a book we haven’t read yet. It stands alone, however, and is really funny. A girl heads off to school happy with her totally unique and special stuffed animal, only to confront another almost identical bunny in the arms of another girl. That night at [...]
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For the last few days, while DH is out of town, and these are my last few daycare days, I’ve been letting the routines slip again. The result has been a bit grumpy and messy and unhappy.
This morning I got myself up when I was supposed to, when my alarm went off at 6:30. I [...]
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These things are too small for my little digital to be able to photograph, so I will skip pictures.
22. Pineapple Weed This stuff grows in my gravel driveway, and is a pain to pull out. I’m kind of tickled by its funny name.
23. Small White Butterfly
24. Clover is very good for the soil, so we [...]
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I’ve had quite the day for shedding tears.
First, I cried with Carbon as we watched The Iron Giant together. This parable made me cry the first time I saw it too – it’s actually a really good movie. The premise of a weapon who realizes that he can choose to be what he wants to be [...]
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I’m frequently amazed at what kids will do when given a pile of art supplies and no instructions. Our summer RE program has “art days” scheduled, in which the kids spend the whole 45 minutes making art. They are asked to make the art a response to our Earth Scouts badge/issue, but that is a [...]
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Through Doc, I saw this Homeschool Debate.
From my perspective, I want to address a few thoughts that came up from that post.
They would not have seen these things, if I home schooled them, because they would only be seeing people just like them. They would only be exposed to people with the same family life, the same values, the [...]
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I should give you all a book post about children’s books, but I’ve been a somewhat bad mommy this week, and instead of reading a lot to my kids, I’ve devoured several adult books. Sitting in my hottub and reading is my new favorite way to end a day. And lying in bed with my [...]
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He looks older this way. My baby boy is becoming a – well – just Boy. He is asking for stronger hair gel, to make his spikes even spikier. And he chose to dress himself in a T shirt of a flaming soccer ball, because that “went with his hair”.
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How to Fit a Car Seat on a Camel: And Other Misadventures Traveling with Kids edited by Sarah Franklin
I don’t remember who’s blog I saw this on, but it was someone who had a story included in the book. There are many women’s tales in this volume, ranging from exotic travel to the standard to [...]
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I see that some other folks are doing more than just plants, and I’m going to do that also. Here are the animal species I’ve seen this week in my yard:
14. Woodlice, which we call potato bugs
15. Downy Woodpecker
16. Slugs We have so many slugs around here, but I’m not good at identifying the different kinds. [...]
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