“This thing is heavy, it’s trying to throw me off balance.” “Oh yeah?”, I questioned. “Yeah, it’s big.” “What can you do to compensate for the loss of balance?” “Oh, well, you just lean back a bit, like this (demonstrates).” 🙂 Apparently she knows what “compensate” means… On another thought, the other day, […]
That Snake Lives in Australia
We opened the Wildlife Journey binder today to the first animal displayed. which happened to be a Green Tree Python. Lily worked through Green and Tree just fine, and we learned Python together. Then, I waited while she reviewed the page. Within a few seconds, she pointed to the map that has the country of […]
Pipeline, er Shower… OR, Turning Water into Air
Ok, so Lily is an inventor now. She’s also a scientist. Reader? Well, if it suits her, yeah… but don’t try to get her to read something you want her to. AND DON’T let her know you know she read something after the fact… way uncool. She’s picked up some new comebacks and comments of […]
Esophageal Rescue
His esophagus is stuck… with stuff in it!!! “Mom! Come quick! We have an sink esophagus rescue on our hands!” She’s found the plunger, convinced her father to offer some muscle, and now she’s cleaning up the aftermath. I love it.
Anti-Gravity Serum
Yesterday Lily and the neighborhood setup our family room for play; they turned it into a theatre, complete with snack bar and ticket counter. Lily was taking a turn as the associate behind the counter, so I ordered some anti-gravity serum. She turned around, picked up a cup, did something magical that I couldn’t see, […]
What's New
Well, lots. She’s officially a rock climber now. She’s “Crazy Good”, self proclaimed and readily agreed by both the mama and the climbing instructor Amy. She can scale and traverse like she’s been doing it for years! She doesn’t like the racing afterwards, however, as she still has not figured out how to insist the […]
Look It Up
This morning was full of firsts for Bugz. And to think, she spent the night with a fever… While we were making breakfast, she noticed a dead bug on the counter. I don’t know for sure what the insect was, or where it came from, but it was tiny and just sort of lying there […]
Let's Build a Boat
This morning, while we were watering the sunflowers in Lily’s labyrinth (maze eventually, after they grow a bit), she decided she wanted to build a boat. She brought to my attention a rock that she had placed in a bowl, and asked for a bin of water. I decided we’d have some fun. 🙂 […]
Is It A Moth, A Bird, or An Owl
Today I walked outside and found a little creature lying still in an open box on our driveway. It looked dead, but after studying it for a moment, the eyes appeared to have life in them still. So, I got Lily to come check it out and we used a piece of paper to move […]
Spell That, Color That In, Tsunami's, Water's Energy, and Plate Tectonics
Japan, washed away in a moment of massive energy liberation due to the same. Take a pencil, bend from both ends. Watch… it will break. The earth is no different… but try to explain the shifting of chunks of ground, pressing against each other to the point where they start to bend and eventually break, […]