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January 2014

January 25, 2014

Day 14: Just Do SOMETHING

After waiting several seconds for the kids to guess how he had done the card...

September 2013

September 02, 2013

The Night Before Homeschooling…

I love homeschooling in ways I couldn't have imagined three years ago. But it's never...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Ninety Percent Nicer: Homeschooling Children With Disabilities

When Tara went to a dyslexia conference, Ezra cheered, claiming that she was always "90%...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

The Desires Of Children

I stood in the park last week consoling a weepy mother. Her homeschooled daughter was...

August 2011

August 23, 2011

Fried

I just read an article in the NY Times about decision fatigue. It turns out...

August 04, 2011

Breakfast for Dinner

When I came home tonight, Ezra was crying. "We missed breakfast for dinner two weeks...

May 2011

May 25, 2011

When I Grow Up

"Nafisa, do you like history?" Zach asked a fourteen year old friend who was...

April 2011

April 07, 2011

Letterboxing

The boys went letterboxing today. Never heard of it? Neither had I until last fall....

March 2011

March 23, 2011

That’s just how nature is.

I never know where the next blog theme will come from. I wake up, have...

February 2011

February 23, 2011

Cha-ching!

Here's how it was advertised: It's a City for Kids, Run by Kids! Kidtropolis, USA...

February 17, 2011

You gotta tap that!

Tonight as I was putting the boys to bed, I prayed, "Thank you, God, for...

February 15, 2011

The Birds and The Bees

Did you know that NONE of the kids' books on bees or frogs or penguins...

February 09, 2011

Timelines

Today was a big day. For me anyway. We took out the fancy timeline books...

January 2011

January 14, 2011

Not Fair!

"That's not fair!" I hear this refrain so often I'm thinking of tattooing it on...

January 13, 2011

Snow Day Reminder

The boys were squealing last night. "Snow day! Tomorrow's a snow day!" I was a...

December 2010

December 21, 2010

Spark

What's so special about Naperville, Illinois? Is it that their 8th graders scored sixth in...

December 01, 2010

Test Anxiety

As we were riding bikes yesterday, Zach caught up with me to ask, "Do we...

November 2010

November 22, 2010

Surprising

My baby got baptized today. Stood in front of our church in a little purple...

November 20, 2010

Believing

Well, if you've been paying attention, you won't be surprised. We met with a neuropsychologist...

November 17, 2010

Joey Pigza

I've been thinking a lot about Joey Pigza these days. If you don't know who...

November 13, 2010

Bad Mommy

Yesterday, Zach peed on the floor in his room. That’s right. He peed on the...

November 11, 2010

Sarcasm

"Kevin, you are so debonaire." This was Zach's response to a joke that Kevin told...

November 06, 2010

Salt and Flour Maps

I always had the best salt and flour maps. So did my sisters. And not...

November 05, 2010

Errands

One of the best things about sending my kids to school was that I could...

November 03, 2010

Day of the Dead

Today, November 2, is known as Day of the Dead in Mexico. It coincides with...

November 01, 2010

Art Anxiety

They didn't touch any of the paintings. They didn't hit each other. They didn't get...

October 2010

October 25, 2010

Day 6 of Mind in the Making – Too Easy!

Zach was talking to his grandmother this weekend on speaker phone, and she asked how...

October 19, 2010

Day 2 of Mind in the Making – Getting Perspective

On our first visit to the MFA two weeks ago, Jake asked the boys, "Do...

October 02, 2010

New Zoo Revue

I went to the National Zoo this afternoon with the boys and their cousin Jesse....

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