Unplug Your Kids

Hooray! We managed to participate in the Unplugged Project this week! This week’s theme was flat.
My step-mother wanted us to make some “flat” stepping stones for a muddy patch of her garden here in Upstate New York, so I got brave and bought concrete, something I’ve never worked with before.
Our supplies were the smallest available bag of quick-set concrete [...]

Well, I am still away on vacation. Last night I returned to Upstate New York and my children after a week in Florida.
Thanks for all the well wishes and such. I had to leave for Florida suddenly, but not due to any emergency. As some of you know, I am a pilot and we finally [...]

I flew to Florida today somewhat unexpectedly (not an emergency, but I didn’t expect to be going so soon) and my children stayed behind in Upstate New York with my family. So we did not do our stone Unplugged Project.
I am putting up the Mr. Linky for those who did it. I won’t [...]

Thanks so much to all who joined in this week’s Unplugged Project! I haven’t had a chance to visit any of you yet, and I am also behind on my emails.
I am on vacation at my Dad’s house in Upstate New York and am doing more vacationing than blogging (plus the internet connection here is [...]

For this week’s Unplugged Project, sky, I was inspired by my Uncle’s very detailed star charts. He used to create charts of the constellations using thick black paper, a white pencil, and a pin to put holes where the stars were. The bigger the pinhole, the brighter the star. When you hold his charts up [...]

I am officially procrastinating. Instead of packing for our big trip tomorrow (Phoenix by car, then East Coast by air on Friday) I am writing a Very Important Post about…well, hmm…beans?
Perhaps I’ll share a quick idea of what I came up with to help my 2 year-old be entertained during dinner preparation.
I have some [...]