We love the state fair, and this year we made two visits, one last weekend as a family and then another trip mid week on ride-all-you-want-for-$15 day with three of M’s friends and their moms and siblings. We’ve eaten corn dogs and cotton candy and freshly made cinnamon sugar doughtnuts and lemonade and we’ve seen [...]
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State Fair
Posted in parenting on September 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Homeschool Days
Posted in homeschool, parenting on August 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
M’s school starts tomorrow Wednesday. As I explained here, she will be going to a very unique school. The school was started by two moms who had been running a one day a week homeschool enrichment program. Students can attend the school full time, three days/week or one day/week. Having been [...]
My Baby Has Become A Toddler
Posted in parenting on August 5, 2008 | No Comments »
C had her own time table for learning to walk. In my ignorance, I assumed she’d start walking around her first birthday just like her sister, but no amount of encouraging or cajoling could get her the least bit excited about walking until she was 14 months. She began standing up on her [...]
Package Arrival
Posted in homeschool, parenting, reading on July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We always get excited when a big box of books thunks down at our door, and a few days ago we received a heavy box from Amazon loaded with goodies for all of us, a bird guide for M, a book of kitchen tips for me (though C wanted it for herself), The Illustrated Guide [...]
The Ciabatta Caper
Posted in parenting on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Last night we pulled together dinner from various things we had around the house, trying to use some things up and make something quick. We picked some lettuce, chard, and nasturtium leaves from our garden, and I used a leftover chicken breast to make myself a chicken caesar salad. Brent made a salad using [...]
Understanding Love
Posted in parenting on June 24, 2008 | No Comments »
C now comes up to M and hugs and kisses her. One day recently, this prompted M to say: “Awwww! C understands love.” I said that yes she does and much of what she knows about love she learned from her sister. I’m thankful to have two girls who love each other [...]
Naked Babies by Anna Quindlen and Nick Kelsh
Posted in parenting, reading on June 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I’d never read anything by Anna Quindlen until recently. When her name kept coming up in other things I was reading, some mother’s day blog posts, My Monastery is a Minivan, and probably somewhere else that I’ve forgotten, I knew it was time to check out her writing. Following a link from a [...]
Nature Walk
Posted in homeschool, parenting on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
This morning we went to the UNC-Asheville Botanical Gardens where we are frequent visitors. Except for the poison ivy obstacle course on one of the wooded paths, we had a delightful morning of sun and flowers.
My Monastery is a Minivan by Denise Roy
Posted in parenting, reading on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Over the last several weeks, I’ve been reading essays from My Monastery is a Minivan by Denise Roy. As she says in her introduction, it’s a book that isn’t meant to be read straight through but picked up when you have a few moments and need to be refreshed. I find her essays [...]
Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen
Posted in parenting, tagged gentle parenting, respectful parenting on May 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Playful Parenting is my favorite of the parenting books I’ve read lately. I like the way Cohen advocates a gentle, playful approach with kids but also admits how hard it is to achieve that rather than piling guilt on parents for feeling too tired to be playful and too overwhelmed not to scold. [...]
