I had a great vision of reading poems out loud to my kidlets almost every day for National Poetry month. Sadly, that did not happen. However, the front of the fridge is filled with fresh magnetic poetry, and some of those poems are still in progress. I wrote a few…

He had the best time with a basket of markers and a big piece of paper that covered the activity table. Now I have a great piece of wrapping paper! I love how even though the paper was gigantic, he spent at least three quarters of his time covering just…

When I’m practicing during the day, he puts his picture books on the music rack and “plays” them along side me. He stands on a chair next to the bench or on the student footstool. He takes the used student sticky notes out of the recycling basket and sticks them…

He’s learning new words every day. My current favorites are “toast” and “noodles,” which comes out like “doodles.” He’s working on learning the names of people in our family. (The Banana was the first official name he said, which she was very excited about!) I love hearing his adorable little…

The past few autumn seasons I have planted a bag of crocus bulbs on the south facing hill in our yard from the driveway to the Little Free Library on the corner, and this spring those crocus blooms, along with some others in the backyard that have been established for…

It’s afternoon play time, and it usually involves something like this and a lot of balls being tossed about.

The pink sandals and the green toenails just work, don’t they?

I’m a slow processor of dialogue with other people because my introverted head is always spinning. Often my kids will ask me a question and I will respond to that question after a significant time delay that I haven’t even realized has taken place, which particularly frustrates my extroverted progeny…