What Do These Things Have in Common?
Posted on August 28, 2010 - Filed Under Kids | 3 Comments
Any guesses?
I’ll just tell you . . . all these things were found in little boys’ pockets while I was doing the laundry! And somehow I missed a couple of bees that ended up getting washed.
How to Make a Spider Glider
Posted on August 27, 2010 - Filed Under Homeschool, Kids, Simple Life | 1 Comment
We’ve been studying spiders in school for the past two weeks and while we didn’t do as many crafts as I would like, we have done a few. The spider gliders were by far the favorite! Here’s how to make your very own spider that will zip up and down his or her “dropline”.
First you [...]
An Impromptu Trip to the Zoo
Posted on August 24, 2010 - Filed Under Fun, Guatemala, Kids, Travel | 7 Comments
This past Sunday we had quite the adventure. First we headed to Chimaltenango looking for something pretty specific. It wasn’t available in the MaxiBodega so we decided to go to the capital and try our luck at HiperPais. No go. Feeling a bit annoyed that we’d just traveled for entirely too long in two completely [...]
Raising Bilingual Kids
Posted on August 22, 2010 - Filed Under Guatemala, Kids, Simple Life | 8 Comments
A LOT of people ask me how we managed to raise our kids to be fluent in two languages. There are a lot of questions out there and while I’m no expert, I did do some research before Dorian was born to try and make sure we did the right thing. So, with that in [...]
Dorian’s Hair
Posted on August 19, 2010 - Filed Under Kids | 1 Comment
We’ve had quite a few comments on Dorian’s hair lately. He really likes it long (“it’s so beautiful and flowing!” he says), and I have no desire to fight with him over something so silly as hair. So it’s long. I trim it now and then and the deal is that he has to let [...]
A Love of School
Posted on August 18, 2010 - Filed Under Homeschool, Kids | 5 Comments
Dante spent the entire day yesterday asking, “Can we have school? I want school.”
The reason?
Spiders.
We’re doing a unit study on spiders right now and my little guy is a tad obsessed (hence the theme). It’s been so much fun! I got some plastic bugs and spiders, printed off some activity sheets and a [...]
This One’s for Lisa
Posted on August 16, 2010 - Filed Under Friends, Fun, Kids | 1 Comment
On Friday, we met up with a blog reader in the park. She’d brought us a suitcase for our trip and some dehumidifying crystals to help keep mold at bay. Dorian and I had already met her before when she brought down some books, but this time she got to meet Dante, too.
You were right, [...]
Dante’s Been a Busy Boy
Posted on August 13, 2010 - Filed Under Kids, Simple Life | 8 Comments
Dante has had a fascination with construction for quite some time. We encourage it, buying him tools, keeping him supplied with nails and such and letting him take apart our broken things. And he thrives on this. Lately he’s been very busy “fixing” things around here.
First, while the concrete was out for the washing machine [...]
Who Cares About the Washing Machine?
Posted on August 12, 2010 - Filed Under Fun, Kids, Simple Life | 3 Comments
. . . when you have the box it came in?
Not to mention styrofoam that just happens to be in the shape of machine guns!
Out of the Mouths of Preschoolers
Posted on August 9, 2010 - Filed Under Kids, Simple Life | 2 Comments
Yeah, it’s that time again . . . more stuff my kids say. By the way, feel free to skip these posts. I do put them here more so I have a way of remembering the stuff my hole riddled brain lets slip away, as opposed to entertain.
After lunch today, Dorian turned accusingly [...]
