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Archive for March, 2008
Rocks (Weekly Unplugged Project) - Petroglyphs
It has been a week full of rocks during Spring Break at our house in Albuquerque: a trip to Petroglyph National Monument, climbing over big rocks on a mountain hike, choosing pretty tumbled rocks to buy at the Natural History Museum gift shop, collecting rocks in the courtyard.
So, although I didn’t realize that we [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2008 under Activity Ideas, Book Recommendations, Everything Else!, Southwestern US, Southwestern US, Unplugged Project, art, arts and crafts, children's books, educational, educational/homeschool, kids' books, multicultural/kids around the world, science projects.
Comments: 13
“#&*@” Spelled Backwards
My friend Wishy and I had a good laugh one day when we discovered that a classmate of our daughters was teaching the other children “bad words” by not actually saying the word itself, but by saying it backwards. Wishy’s daughter said to her in hushed tones: “Mom, did you know that “tish” [...]
Posted: March 28th, 2008 under Everything Else!, TV, parenting ponderings, studies/statistics.
Comments: 1
Another Thank You!!
I have been so behind on my regular blogging schedule, that I have not yet had a chance to thank Yarrow for her very sweet little gift to me: a wonderfully pretty “You Make My Day” award. Thank you so much Yarrow! If you have never been by Yarrow’s blog, you should [...]
Posted: March 28th, 2008 under Everything Else!, other blogs, thank you.
Comments: 3
Too Wired?
I have been unusually silent this week. We are in Albuquerque for Spring Break and between stomach flu, running errands, and trips to the zoo, the aquarium, and Taos, there has not been much time for blogging!
Of course in Albuquerque there are stores more exciting than our Walmart, and children’s activities more novel than [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2008 under Everything Else!, TV, TV-free kids, hightech vs. lowtech, unplugging the family.
Comments: 3