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There’s a Hole in My Roof and Feathers on My Ceiling?
It started several years ago. In the rainy season the skylight in our bathroom would leak, a little at first and then nothing. The following year, a little more and then nothing. Each year the leak...
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Taking Things Too Far
Earlier last week I had the pleasure of taking Carter to the doctor. He was in need of a couple immunizations before we could get him registered for kindergarten over the weekend. I explained why...
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Simple Sunday – How to Almost Catch a Leprechaun
It was Carter’s idea. He wanted to set a trap. Cody was not as sure, being the big first grader that he is, that Leprechauns even existed but he did not want to be left out of the fun. Step One:...
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Simple Sunday – Catnip, a Gateway Drug?
Earlier this week I splurged and bought the cats an all natural catnip filled hemp mouse. Delilah chewed on it, batted it around, and then went and took a nap. Bleu, however, just would not stop. I...
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Is it Plagiarism When I Steal From Myself?
My third newspaper article ran in this Monday’s paper. I have been busy with mid-terms this week and have not had time to pop over here and write about it. In fact, I have been so busy and at a loss...
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Unearthed
This morning Carter got up on the wrong side of the bed (for the life of me I can’t figure out how he continues to do this for when we combined the boys’ beds into bunk beds we made sure to push the...
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The Little Blue Robin Egg
On our walk home from the school bus this afternoon I spied a small light blue egg shell by the side of the road. It was really only half a shell and it led to the following discussion. carter: If we...
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Simple Sunday – And My Lucky Pants Do It Again
Yesterday I donned my lucky pants and sweater and headed off to an official testing center to take the two state required sub-tests for Elementary Education, the WEST-E. Throughout the entire two and...
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Chipmunks and Nail Chewing
Carter and I were leaving the bus stop the other day after getting Cody safely on the school bus when we startled a chipmunk. It leapt into the air, grabbed the nearest tree and scampered part way up....
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Simple Sunday – Brought to you by the Letter P
me: Who peed on the floor? The boys look up from their play, there is one moment, two moments, three moments of confused silence, and then they smile and start to laugh…
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Babies Come From Vashon Island
Several weeks ago we were invited to a friend’s birthday party which was located on a piece of private beach attached to their neighborhood community center. The open aired structure and bbq area sit...
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Full Disclosure and Gettin’ Lucky
Yesterday Cody was finishing his lunch when this conversation occurred, completely catching me by surprise. cody: Is a baby alive while inside the mom’s tummy? me: Yup, babies grow bigger and bigger...
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Apparently it is Just That Much Funnier When it Surprises the Dog
Sunday night and it was that time right after dinner and right before the boys needed to start getting ready for bed. I was perusing through the stack of school papers that had been dumped on the...
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Simple Sunday – It’s Five o’clock Somewhere
You’ve heard the expression it’s five o’clock somewhere, right? Well some morning last week as I was walking past the boys’ playroom/guestroom/room where I stash all my school stuff behind closed...
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Reflections in the Classroom – 2
Yesterday was Friday. On a typical Friday I am in my practicum class in the morning then I leave after lunch to go home and cram in as much of my own schoolwork as I can in the 2.5 hours before...
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Not Charter Schools, Carter Schools
I am unbelievably busy with the end of the semester almost upon me (my excuse for not blogging in almost 2 weeks!). At this point I am doubtful that I will complete everything in a timely manner with...
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Simple Sunday – Tis the Season for Christmas Tree Trimming Tomfoolery
I think it is simply because we are big dorks who like to capture the random moments of life. But every year for the past several years, we set up the tripod, program the camera to auto snap a picture...
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Welcome to The Magical Taste Shop
If you had chanced to drop by our little house in the woods last week, you may have been surprised to discover that in the place where our house usually rests, you would have found what appeared to be...
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Simple Sunday – The Super Wall
A few weeks ago, after hearing about a great way to display students’ work in the classroom – work of their choosing, that they were proud of – I decided to create such a wall in our home. I don’t...
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Simple Sunday – Blue Cheese and a Breakfast Menu
I have completed two of my eight weeks of full time student teaching. It has been going very well and I am loving it! It also leaves me feeling exhausted and with no motivation to do anything of much...
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