Today’s the official first day of winter break, although the boys got a jump on it because Friday was a snow day. I don’t mind school vacations, really. I get up at the usual time and I like having that hour or more in the morning to myself. No rushing to find that paper I [...]
Archive | February, 2011
Gadgets for kids: iPod Touch vs Nintendo DS
Leading up to Christmas of 2009, when the Short Kid was nine, he started begging for an iPod Touch. I had one and his big brother had one, and he wanted one too. His dad said no. SK made all kinds of arguments has to why he should have one. Dad said no. When I [...]
Slow blog to China
Once edits for Yours By Design are behind me, I’ll be figuring out what to do with my blog. I know there’s been a lot of frustration about the lag time in loading your comments. And I’ve had people tell me they don’t bother, which makes me sad. And the admin dashboard is even worse. [...]
Dinner With TK: Fighting Jack Churchill
One of the joys of dining out is the Tall Kid having our undivided attention and entertaining us with the random bits of of trivia and knowledge that lurk in his mind. And I’ll share some of them with you… “Hey mom, did you know there was an English soldier who fought in World War [...]
Luddite offspring
My sons have proven to be quite resistant to digital reading. During the school year, I don’t give it a lot of thought. The Tall Kid, especially, needs to be able to transport the book he’s reading back and forth to school in his backpack. Since his backpack weighs about thirty pounds and strains at [...]
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