Well, almost Halloween, but I think I’ll be so busy tomorrow I won’t have time to post. So, I’m wishing everyone a fun and candy filled Halloween a bit early.
I’m looking forward to the mad dash around the neighborhood, trying to keep up with the three kids. The Naturalist and Golfer set a [...]
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This is the day that hubby has been waiting for since starting a family.
The day when all his time and energy raising our kids really starts paying off.
The day when our kids start contributing in a meanful way to our family.
The day when they show him what they’re really made of.
The day when the Naturalist [...]
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Jeez. 10 strange things about me? Where do I start! It would be easier to narrow myself down to 10 normal things…except that I think I only have about 8. But OK! Evie asked for 10 weird facts, and Tara asked for 8 regular facts (a while ago…but it’s taken [...]
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A few months ago, I picked up a book titled “Learning Outside the Lines” about two learning disabled guys who went from being at the bottom of the barrel, academically & socially, to graduating from Brown University with honors. Of these two guys, the story that I related to the most was told by Jonathan [...]
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I love looking at what searches people use to get to my blog. I can only imagine what the thought process is when someone is very seriously looking for “math worksheets” and ends up on my rant against them. And then they maybe read a bit further to find out what kind of [...]
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How do I love thee, Fall? Let me count the ways…
Footie Pajamas!
We now wake up to a 60 degree house, with the Sassy Princess refusing to move off her bed because she doesn’t want to ‘touch the blankets!’, they’re so cold. I was concerned this year, due to The Naturalist’s growth spurt [...]
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The Continental Army and the French Army marched to Yorktown, Virginia. By all accounts, Washington and the volunteer American militia hadn’t been very successful against the professional British soldiers, and 5 years after the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the situation was getting dire.
Two things happened to give Washington a chance…the French [...]
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Taken from a John Adams “Getting to Know the US Presidents” book we picked up in Williamsburg. We already had the George Washington one, and loved it…these books really invite young readers to get interested in history. The font is large, the words are easily decipherable, there are big pictures both hand drawn [...]
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Hi. You don’ t know me. I’m the mom with 3 kids walking/running/whining/moping/yelling/laughing/skipping around. Sometimes we are all happy and cooperative. Sometimes, for about .5 seconds, we’re relatively quiet and calm. Mostly we are running around doing home and family stuff–errands, shopping, playdates, excursions, etc. Usually we look [...]
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The Yorktown Victory Center 1780’s Farm was lots of fun for all of us. Particularly The Sassy Princess, who found her BFF Tom there. He happens to be a turkey. He might also happen to be a ’she’, but as I have no way of finding that out, I just call him [...]
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