Imagination – Page 3

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A New Adventure – Setting Up Victorian

Lily’s grandparents (Papa side) have worked to restore this little doll house for the last two years. My mom found it on the driveway of a neighbor’s house, having been the project of a gentleman that had recently passed, and decided to see if we wanted to give it a go. All we have left […]

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Apparently When It's Relevant, We Learn

Today, Lily again informed me of the date. It’s December 19. She reminded me that yesterday was the 18th. She then reminded me that there are 6 days until Christmas. She then stated that she’s close to 107, which is after 106, which happens to be an episode number in the MLP (Friendship is Magic) […]

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Just Another Day to Cherish

Our yesterday, with the 7 year old: Breakfast over the Lego Movie in Hindi She built a snowcat while watching and eating, I worked on cleaning out our greenhouse/workshop and prepared the yard for the impending freeze. By 11am we were discussing the angles cut into pieces of wood (trim) that I was […]

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Minecraft, It Is

This past weekend, we launched our first ever, private Minecraft world that we’re hosting. It’s been offered to a group of young kids from the WLU community and we’ve set it as Creative only. The kids (about 30 of them, ranging from 4 to 15, with all but two of them are under 11) are […]

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While in Los Alamos

We spent last week in Los Alamos, NM while Russ worked on a few sites, and spent half his time in Taos. We explored the city via their Atomic City Transit system, which is absolutely lovely. We rode the circuit around town, then out to White Rock, then back and continued on foot. We visited […]

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I Think Being an Author is awesome!

She has now written four books, the latest entitled, “Popcornland”. We ventured into binding books today… Oh, the excitement and draw of a few blank pages.

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Cecily, the Author

Watch out MO!! Lily’s on the trail! – Rebecca Lily decided yesterday, after playing the Stickman game (browser version), to write her first book, “A Big Hotdog”! Today, she wrote her second book, “A Mermaid”. Both are of her “Stickman” series.

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First Tangible Letter – Mailed

Lils brought this picture she created for her grandma to me today, folded in an envelope, hoping to send it off to Denver (where Grandma lives). I worked with her to create a second envelope for mailing, as her first had her image folded into a fully 4 dimensional object. I explained the machines, sorting, […]

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Lily Sees $$

A few days ago Lily and I explored US currency. We also explored the amazing power of ZERO! Yesterday, as we were discussing her age, and how many months vs a fraction of year she has accomplished (using hair bands no less), she demonstrated her understanding and complete comprehension of adding with single digits and then […]

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Houses, Castles, & Questions

I’ve decided that to best keep track of my own mind, as well as attempt to record the finer points of Lily’s development and her day, that I really have to just leave a post window open all day long. I see it, I write, I add pics, whatever… Today began with Lily showing us […]