I have not had my mind in a position of late to focus on the things that really matter. I have had to split me into so many directions lately that I’m missing crucial stuff with Lily, and it’s making me nuts. She and the neighborhood kids set up a theatre in here last […]
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 […]
Reading "Books"!!
She has for months been in the mindset that she can “only” read words, not “books”. Well, today changed everything!! She read the following “books” independently, and enjoyed the animation, as well as the ability to control the story’s direction, in some cases. This is an awesome site for her at this moment of development, […]
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, […]
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, […]
Early Mathematics, Surprised Me
Today, Lily and I spent the day in Chama, NM. Russ was working on a new site build, so she and I went exploring. We walked a couple miles into town, found basically um, nothing, except a place to have lunch. While at lunch, she and I colored a couple pages full of fairies and […]
Fairy Octaves
I’m still working to complete this entry… but figured I should post it before I forget, as she’s already moved on to more development related to this topic. ________________ Lils sat down to the keys today with her baby doll, Vidia, and started to play. She focused on two octaves, c3 – c5, and […]
Now Which Language is SHE Speaking
I’ve taken to requiring 1/2 or so of the media Lily has access to watching is in some language other than English. It’s awesome. This morning I awoke after having had a dream in at least French and Spanish. I spent a good bit of time yesterday talking with Lily about various dances found […]
Self Directed? A Slight Bit Perhaps
Bugz has taken to dressing herself almost exclusively now. That generally means as some character either from her imagination or from some external source she’s taken a liking to. Today she was a purple wind fairy. She ate breakfast with us, and then disappeared to her room. About 40 minutes later, she emerged, dressed, and […]
What Do You Wanna Be When You Grow Up?
Taking this from a FB posting… Thierry says to Ray: I have read your comments on someone else’s wall about graphing calculators. I am of a “in between” generation: I have never had a slide rule–too young–and never had a graphing calculator–too old. That being said, I am a geek, and thought at some point […]