Living, Laughing, Learning…Daily
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season. It’s the season for Fish Frys, for penance and repentance. A few years ago I did a little project called Forty Bags in Forty Days, but I don’t do a big “thing” every year. This year, my sacrifice is about the size of the tip of my finger. Continue reading “The One About Candy Crush, Lent, and Clean Water”
Friday was a dramatic day at our house. The cause was an in-class assignment on idioms.
Was it really about idioms? I have no idea.
It could have simply been Continue reading “Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill: Adventures in Idioms and Homework”
The Winter Olympics are in high gear, and we are having fun watching snippets of coverage together. Of course, to watch, we have to push the furniture back, because our kids are doers. We’ve extended bedtime for figure skating and skeleton, and I expect to do the same a few more times before it’s all over. We also have our own chant that goes, “Sochi!” (TV) ” “Sushi!” (M) “Slushie!” (A) It’s hilarious, even a week in.
The kids are brushing up on the flags and geography, and dreaming bigger than basketball and gymnastics. The third grade has been learning about the sport of curling, and every so often she’ll bust out an Olympic fact or two, like, ” Did you know that the Olympic rings are all the colors for all the flags in the world?” (Uh, why no, no I didn’t.)
I showed MaM a photo of Katie U that popped up in my Twitter stream, and we both fan-girled out for a few minutes.
Since Skeleton wrapped up earlier this week, we turned our attention to the bobsled. They figured out how to work together, and MaM also noticed that they use the same track as the Skeleton. Bobsledding does have the added benefit of being able to decorate your sled.
We still have a few more days to enjoy the spectacle. It’s totally worth ditching bedtime for every four years.