Parenting is not rocket science, but this is one not-technical mama's experiment in raising curious, adventuresome explorers.
You know how they say firstborns are often rule followers? Ours definitely falls in line with that theory. He has a strong sense of the "right" way to do things and is quick to correct those around him. His high standards often lean toward perfectionism born of a sincere desire to get something just right, …
Everyone has their not-so-favorite stages when it comes to raising babies. Maybe it's potty training. Maybe it's when everything goes straight into their mouth. Maybe it's the drooling, teething phase. Maybe it's the blow-out every time they poop (okay, really though, does anyone actually like that stage?). Maybe it's the colicky evenings when they're a …
Kind of a big deal over here, our very own rocket scientist (Jonathan Sauder *name drop*) was recognized for his ground breaking work on some super cool space stuff. He found out in early July his nomination a few years ago had landed him the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for his …
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It's summer and school break is in full swing. Now it's time to learn in all the other ways. As much as the formal classroom has its place, I'm choosing to embrace all the wonderful ways to keep growing and learning in the summer! What do you do with your school age kids during these …
I think my favorite thing about this parenting gig is getting to experience the world through the eyes of a child. This manifests in a million different ways on any given day, but recently I've been enjoying it through my favorite 5-and-a-half-year-old's guesses. It was last spring when I first started noticing him use the …
In an effort to breath new life into our post-school afternoons, I started something new for Eddie. Now when he gets home from school the first thing he does is check out what's in the "surprise bag". At some point that morning (hey, it's even been in just the few minutes before he comes in …
Since it was just Easter, last weekend around this time I was sorting through the few things I'd gotten for our big boys getting ready to hide their Easter baskets Sunday morning. Jonathan was amused since I was insisting they must have Easter baskets, a tradition he didn't grow up with, so he wondered why …
Anyone else get stuck sometimes? The afternoon can sometimes seem so long. Anyone else's kid say things like, "Mo-om, what can I do?" Utterly bored, but then refuse all suggestions of fun activities? Here's the latest trick that's working for us: I start doing something. Maybe it's pulling out the train track and just starting …
Someone recently lamented to me how they've never had the glorious free time afforded by a maternity/paternity leave. First of all, HAH! While yes, 6 weeks without the daily grind of the nine to five sounds like nothing but time for all those extra tasks around the house or a nice vacation, the truth is …
Someone gave us one of those easy reader books, the ones with large print and simple sentences about subject matter which might appeal to a five or six year old learning to read. I'm all about encouraging kids to read, but the topics are what get me. Some of them are great. Then there are …
