Posted in everyday life, kids, odds and ends on October 9, 2009 | 11 Comments »
No one in my household is an official participant in Illustration Friday, but maybe it’s something we should consider. Before we go pro however, some of us need to work on our spelling!
The New Order of Monks Fighting For Pandas
Super Sonic Olympics: Xtreme Kayaking, Mountain Climbing, Skydiving, Tight Rope, Xtreme Ramping, Wall Jump, Shark Tank [...]
Posted in everyday life, in the kitchen, kids on October 1, 2009 | 11 Comments »
sometimes solutions come because you’ve reached the bitter end. you’ve used up all of your usual ways of dealing with something. and your back is against a wall that seems too thick and too tall to surmount. you cringe there, hands over your head to ward off the blow. defeat is eminent. you have made [...]
Posted in everyday life, in the kitchen on July 27, 2009 | 17 Comments »
This post is officially brought to you by the letter “P”. Peaches, Produce and a Public Safety Announcement regarding Poison Ivy. The peaches are in high season right now, and I mean the good ones that come off the pit cleanly. What a snoot I am – I also have to have mine peeled or [...]
Posted in everyday life, home range, kids on July 23, 2009 | 17 Comments »
I can not speak for girls, but these are the things the boys of summer do:
catch tadpoles
play baseball
camp out
read, read, read
tape the spray nozzle at the kitchen sink into the on position so that when their mama turns on the kitchen tap she gets sprayed – bwahahaha
eat, and eat, and eat, and eat some more
hang [...]
Posted in crafting, everyday life, home range, kids on June 29, 2009 | 13 Comments »
We temporarily interrupt the last installment of the Lawrence trip to issue a heat advisory! Heat indexes in the 100’s! And I just got a call from my blueberry farmer friend who said the picking season will end next week, rather than around 4-5 weeks from now because of the heat wave. If I [...]
Posted in everyday life, kids on June 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This post is really dedicated to those of you have younger children. Some of them could be translated or tweaked to work with older children or even yourselves. A lot of these tips I got from a friend of a friend.
Set up a pad of paper and markers, pens and pencils right by the door. [...]
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