Smart children
Just over a week ago we were searching around the garage sales near home and we found some gems - a two drawer filing cabinet for $5, a bike extension for $7 (it brackets to an adult's bike turning it...
View ArticleImpetus to get children tidying up
I've never seen our 4yo so eager to tidy up than today when he, on his own, started tidying up because his cousin was coming to visit. We'll keep that one in mind for the future!Tags: Personalkids
View ArticleKids today *can't* use computers [updated]
http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/This excellent article, written by a teacher in the UK, breaks down the myth that today's kids are geniuses with computers and...
View ArticleBirdwatching
My wife's cat and our eldest took a break this evening to birdwatch together.
View ArticleIt's not a birthday unless there's a @sandraboynton book or two
I love Sandra Boynton's books - they're light and funny, and our kids love them too. So when it was our youngest child's birthday it wasn't going to be complete without adding one of her books to the...
View ArticleLooking forward to reading this Melissa McGee book with our kids
It's always fun when you discover that a friend wrote a book :-)
View ArticleThree positive things, day nineteen
The last day of the week, or the start of a new one - either which way, it was Sunday.The first positive thing was getting out and playing at a local park with the kids in-between the morning's storms....
View ArticleThree positive things, day twenty four
(this is from Friday)That was a fun day.The first positive thing was that it was my extra day off as part of the 9/80 schedule we're doing at work, so that meant an extra family day. We spent the day...
View ArticleThree positive things, day twenty six
That was a pretty good Sunday :)The first positive thing was a trip to a playground that my wife found online. It was at a school in a town called New Boston and it was surprisingly well taken care of,...
View ArticleThree positive things, day thirty one
So the first positive thing is that I made it past thirty posts in this series! Woot!The second positive thing was Kian saying "I have a blue dragon [stuffed animal]", or as he put it "I have boo...
View ArticleThree positive things, day thirty two
Saturday! Woot!The first positive thing was taking a little time this morning to dig my way through a bunch of bug reports (and fixes) for a Drupal plugin (aka "module") that I maintain that interacts...
View ArticleThree positive things, day thirty six
Finally getting back to finishing writing on the day the fun happened. Doh!The first positive thing today was my annual review at work. It went rather well, other than the fire alarm that caused an...
View ArticleThree positive things, day forty six
That was a fairly average Saturday.The first positive thing was receiving an awesome picture from my #awesomewife of the three kids playing at a park, which has become my new desktop picture.The second...
View ArticleThree positive things, day fifty one
That was a pretty good Thursday.The first positive thing was finishing my work week pretty well - I was a little concerned I wouldn't get to certain tasks, but I did in the end, so it'll make for a...
View ArticleThree positive things, day fifty two
Today was another 9/80 Friday off, so we got up to some fun.The first positive thing was my #awesomewife deciding that we should take a trip East, starting with a rather nice "children's museum" (read:...
View ArticleThree positive things, day fifty three
We had a pretty good Saturday.The first positive thing was Kian running over to me and saying "Daddy, I have a neen na-neen!" - I have a green dragon. While we haven't been pushing him to learn colors,...
View ArticleThree positive things, day fifty four
Today was another rather busy day.Tags: three positive thingsPersonalkids
View ArticleMet some new friends
Today I met some new friends. One of them, Carlos, is a Red Brahma / Red Holstein cross that's so large their measuring tape is to small and they need to get a new one, which meant he weighs at least...
View ArticleThree positive things, day fifty nine (catching up)
(posting a few days late)Hello Friday!Tags: three positive thingsPersonalkidsukuleleWork
View ArticleThree positive things, day sixty three
Back on a normal schedule again, today was the first work day of my week, and Tuesday.The first positive thing was something that happened with #awewsomewife when she took Aidan to his apple-picking...
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