Advance Australia Fair
Last week Emma Kate and I worked on a Geography project. She was initially assigned to Austria, but taking matters into her own hands, she reminded the teacher that Austria really sounded a LOT like…
Month: February 2009
Is it just me?
So we take the kids to pick out their valentine’s day treats (that is, treats that they would purchase with their valentine’s day money from the grandparents). During a recent movie, my beloved wife informed…
If you have a small boy in your house
chances are you have a box that looks something like this: For further insight into my life, simply analyze the contents of this box. It pretty much says it all. And yes, those are super…
American Girls meet Valentine Chic
I realized 2 things the other day — 1. If my girls were ever going to have any outfits for their American Girl dolls (other than the 1 change of clothes they currently own) I needed to…
What did they learn today?
For those who do not know, I sometimes adjunct teach – CIS 101 – basically intro to Microsoft Office. Each semester yields a new set of students, a new set of challenges, and of course…
When I was your age . . .
Last week, on the way home from school, my oldest started yet another round of the game I’ve come to view with both humor and dread — I like to call it “Mom, how old were you when…
What have you made today?
One of my sewing friends recently drew my attention to the fact that we both have a pile of unsewn material. Guilt. No, actually it was more of a realization that we can’t justify buying…
What we are learning. . .
“I learned the letter “T”. “I learned about thirds today!” “I learned about fractions!” “I learned how to add character data to an rss feed.” Now guess which one was Spencer’s. (It might be a…
You would think . . .
So last week I took it upon myself to pick up the kids from school as my bride was not feeling well. I too was suffering from a bit of a headache and just the…