2013 – Page 2 – Discovering

A Mind Wide Open, CDE Standards Reference, Construction, Engineering, Geometry, Imagination, Invention, Lils, Math Discoveries, Physics, Sculpture

Stairs

Have you ever tried to build a stair case, or even a couple steps where there were none? If you haven’t tried, unless you are just inordinately gifted in geometry, especially if you’re too stubborn to follow a simple math formula, then you have NO CLUE how challenging it is (if you want them straight […]

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A Distinct Possibility

This week, while we spent a few days in Red River hoping to have a chance to lend a hand at the stables, Lily was able to explore and develop a few cool new tricks. Cecily began riding a two wheel bike this summer; she commenced her balancing act on 12″ wheels. Shortly thereafter, she […]

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Horses, Seatbelts, London, & Teenagehood

This past weekend, Labor Day 2013, Lily had a few firsts she found much delight and enjoyment experiencing. _________________________________________________________________________________________ First, we spent most of the week in Red River and so she got to ride her bike all over a town she’d never ridden in before. She rode solo and attached to me, and got […]

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Day Names

Bugz has decided she wants to know about the days of the week. The manner in which she will ask for the day’s name sometimes leads to very strange responses from Russ and I. As a result of how she frames the question, for a while, she sort of believed us that instead of the […]

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Littlest Pet Shop – Visual Comparison

Lily found this great visual comparison game on LPS’s site. She gets a bit impatient, but seems to enjoy the challenge. The neurological development necessary to support this level of comparison intrigues me and I am looking for more information that describes what’s going on in the mind at this stage, to allow for […]

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Twirl 2013

Our first of the season visit. Cecily has done this since the summer we lived here, when she was just two. It is always a joy and a nostalgic moment when we stop in to play. Russ and I have to make a point of coming to play together some time soon in the evening.

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Cucumber Beetle

Lily’s latest discovery… a new bug to the region.

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Is That Our CecilyBugz??

Lily heard the highschool marching band playing from our bedroom window this evening. She disappeared for about 10 minutes and returned like this! Formerly, she was in something that resembled Pippi and pj’s. She indicated she was “Ready to go see what they were doing!”, and was quite disappointed when she learned that they’d […]

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Yep, Nerd

She decided to be a nerd today, self proclaimed… The scientist, inventor has re-emerged, this time, a Lady in Red. Lily, er, Ms. Cecily, er, Lindsey, er, Merida….. Has developed a specific enjoyment and appreciation of that which she deems super scientifical, and beautiful. It’s amazing to see her develop this sense of herself. She […]

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Fossils, Tea Party Invitations, and Returning

Cecily made fossils with me today. She discovered what plaster can do, the unique properties of silica, and the term, “paleontologist”. She also discovered she could sound out the word, “bacteria”!!! Just so long as I didn’t pay any attention or realize she was doing it… Her level of development in the area of literacy […]