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What Do You Do With Middle Schoolers During the Summer?

What Do You Do With Middle Schoolers During the Summer?

And that’s not a rhetorical question. Please tell me.  What do you do with middle schoolers during the summer?  Because all I know is what I …

 

barre

barre

Her room gets the last ten minutes or so of direct sunlight in the day. And her ballet barre the last of the last. She was away …

 

lovely mess

lovely mess

It rained and petals came off. What a lovely mess.

 

On Swords and Walking-sticks, Hyphenated

On Swords and Walking-sticks, Hyphenated

Today I was reading The Hobbit to my kids.  Everything was going along swimmingly–as usual they were sort of two-thirds listening, and one-third picking fuzz …

 

Oh, let’s just call this one “Dance Floor”

Oh, let’s just call this one “Dance Floor”

Do you have a daughter between the ages of 8-13?  Do you too have to physically pry her away from Howrse?  Thanks, Wonder Mom, for …

 

U No Go 2 Mars

U No Go 2 Mars

Some colors I like.  Together. My daughter went out of state this past weekend. I missed her. She did not miss me at all, …

 

Fool’s Chair

Fool’s Chair

Was so excited to get a free chair from Zero Landfill.  My dad put some wood filler in some places for me, and yesterday I …

 

Little Cameras Can

Little Cameras Can

Do you know why I have a lot of pictures on my blog?  I mean, as opposed to just writing?  It’s quite simply because this …

 

Cakeness

Cakeness

I am always so five minutes ago. So please forgive me if all of this has already come and gone from your radar. Have you heard of …

 

Ballerinas ALWAYS Use the Potty

Ballerinas ALWAYS Use the Potty

At two years, nine months my daughter wasn’t close to being potty trained.   She spent most days flitting about the house.   I called to inquire …