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Five Minute Project: The Banana Tries on all the Glasses She Can Find in the Car
We arrived at violin a few minutes early and were waiting to go in for lessons. This is how she entertained herself.
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Watching
Little eyes are always absorbing around here, whether it is pouring cereal or doing homework, throwing balls outside, or something else.
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Practice Helper
He’s always ready to be “of assistance.” I love when the late afternoon golden light comes streaming through the dining room window and illuminates the harp. Everything glows. The Banana is working hard on learning a harp part for a piece her chamber orchestra at school is playing for a…
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Wednesday Footwear: Edition 1
“You are so weird. I can’t believe you are taking a picture of this,” she said to me. Little does she know that I am planning a hole photograph series on this topic. I actually love these shoes, their classic look, the adorable embroidery. They go so well with her…
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Playing Taco Vs. Burrito
These two have been playing the card game Taco vs. Burrito every chance they get when they are together, and it always ends up full of a lot of laughter. YaYa was able to come home for a week for a visit, and they played multiple times. I love that…
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Five Minute Project: Watching a Documentary from the Banff Film Festival
Two weeks ago Dr. Peds heard from some of his colleagues that the Banff Film Festival was making a stop in Duluth, and at the last minute he got tickets for himself, The Banana and Mr. TOF to go. The kidlets were skeptical, but they ended up absolutely loving it.…
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Fancy Snowsuit
YaYa brought this amazing snowsuit back from Finland before Peanut Maximus was even born. She found it in a thrift store there, and it fits perfectly this winter. We just started using it because we now have snow to play in, and Peanut Maximus just got snow boots. He LOVES…
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Mess of the Week: Sunflower Seeds
I had the house almost ready to start teaching in the afternoon. I ran downstairs for literally just a minute to put in a load of laundry. When I came up the stairs, things were ominously quiet. Sure enough, there was Peanut Maximus, sitting next to the fireplace in the…
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Right Now
Right now I am waiting to practice with Mr. TOF, who will be arriving back from orchestra soon. (I am sure his first plan of action will be eating something . . . the kid is a bottomless pit and a growing machine these days). Right now I am wondering…
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PreCalculus Helper
He will be your friend, too, if you let him press all the buttons on your graphing calculator.