Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Parenting on Aug 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
I went out for a Mom’s Night Out last night (my first ever - what a great concept!), and left DH with the kids. I usually have time to fix them dinner, but this time I did not, so he would have to feed them himself.
Apparently, both kids told him they were not hungry, so […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Nature on Aug 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Last evening DH and Hypatia were hanging out in the front yard, and she was trying to ID all of his native plants out there. She calls Kinnikinnick “nicky nick”, but she can point it out. He asked her where the lupine were, and she went and pointed to one. He pointed out the deer […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Homeschooling and Education on Aug 11th, 2008 6 Comments »
It’s funny, but several people have expressed concern that my kids won’t “get any socialization” since I shut down my home daycare. As if seeing the same 4 kids every day in our house was any different from just having lots of siblings!
So, let’s see here. What have we done since we stopped daycare? Last […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods on Jul 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
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”.
Posted in Cute Kid Stories on Jul 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
Here’s this globe that I inflated for Carbon to play with this week. He ran around the house and yard yelling “My mom blew up the world for me!”
On another day he announced he “needed a flying monkey”, and he went off and created this:
Posted in Cute Kid Stories on Jun 20th, 2008 3 Comments »
I overheard a discussion yesterday that I would never have had when I was 5 years old.
Carbon and Daycare Boy were pretending to have rocket ships and they were going to Jupiter in them.
Daycare Boy: “My rocket ship is faster than yours, so I’ll get there first.”
Carbon: “Faster isn’t better. My rocket ship takes one […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods on Jun 11th, 2008 3 Comments »
He’s so happy to have his own fishing pole!
Posted in Cute Kid Stories on Jun 4th, 2008 No Comments »
His aunt asked him last night if he was a Democrat or a Republican. He looked at her with a big old frown on his face: “I’m an AMERICAN” he said fiercely.
And then today he told me: “We’re all related to each other. We’re one big family - even policemen.”
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods on May 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
As Free Range Kids recently posted, skateboarding can seem way too dangerous to us adults. Even when we want to give our kids a free and adventerous childhood, I think it’s easier to picture “old-fashioned” adventures. Much easier to accept building a raft and floating it out on the pond, climbing trees, or even racing […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss, Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Homeschooling and Education on May 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
There hasn’t been any homework done around here while I’ve been sick and recovering. But there really is learning in everything, so here’s a sample of what has filled our time:
1. Too much TV. Probably not educational in the least, but we have caught a bit of interesting news coverage and some good stuff on […]
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