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Wet
School let out for the summer a week ago today. Sometimes I think we’ve done nothing in that time but find more and more ways to get wet. Hose, lake, pool, sprinkler. I haven’t been posting much, lest my keyboard get soaked
continue reading "Wet"Backyard Bingo
Neil and I came up with this game to get our kids out of the house and running around the yard a bit. I’m calling it Backyard Bingo, but in reality it takes place all over the yard (not just in the back) and technically it’s not really Bingo, either. So it’s totally mis-named, but [...]
continue reading "Backyard Bingo"Do you want to hear about the rain again?
I am dying to show you some really cool sewing projects, but I haven’t made them yet. It’s Spring Break around here, both of the kids are home, and when we’re not traveling to/from Grandma’s house, or playing some cutthroat UNO, we’re exploring color theory with Sharpies and prepping for a family party this coming [...]
continue reading "Do you want to hear about the rain again?"The Edison Museum
I tend to avoid taking the kids to museums, as this is the dramatic kind of reaction I usually get. But when Aidan came home from school and told me he was writing a biography report on Thomas Edison, I suggested we visit Edison’s laboratory museum. It was an idea that was met with actual [...]
continue reading "The Edison Museum"Lunch-making under the influence
I thought I’d have a little fun tonight, making my own snack packs for the boys’ lunches, using recycled bags I’ve been collecting from my (too) numerous trips to the local bagel shop. I filled one with cheese crackers, set one aside to fill with popcorn later tonight, and I put cookies in a couple [...]
continue reading "Lunch-making under the influence"Drowned Rat
It’s not so much that I mind the headlice – sure all of the laundering, freezing, scorching, treatment-giving, and nit-picking etc. is a royal pain, but I can deal with that. I don’t really even mind driving the kids to their two different schools to have them checked out by their nurses before being allowed [...]
continue reading "Drowned Rat"What’s more fun than a box full of yarn?
Yesterday I opened up a box of Peaches & Creme from Elmore-Pisgah. Twenty-two little balls of totally affordable cotton worsted, in a plethora of pretty colors. Now, I don’t know about you, but when I am presented a box full of like objects, my first impulse is to sort them. So there I sat, on [...]
continue reading "What’s more fun than a box full of yarn?"Nit wits
The littlest member of the family brought home a gift for us this week. If you recognize that very fine-toothed comb up there, you know of what I speak. I’ve always thought it was rather sweet how the boys end up sleeping together most nights, sharing blankets, pillows, and stuffed animals. And I have never [...]
continue reading "Nit wits"Collaboration
I’m not always on the ball teacher-gift-wise, but this year, I managed to get it done with a little help from the kids. Erin’s coffee cup cozy tutorial is something I’ve been eyeing since she posted it last year, and I finally decided to try it, when I realized that it’s a perfect project for [...]
continue reading "Collaboration"Dear Tooth Fairy
It was just three days ago that I asked Eamonn if he had any loose teeth. Maybe he was nervous about the idea of losing a tooth? I’m not sure, but whatever the reason, he resisted my attempt to check his front teeth, or to show him how to check for himself. I never did [...]
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