Posted in Kid Speak on Sep 15th, 2007 2 Comments »
The Sun, preparing to warm her cup of tea in the microwave: Mama, how long do I set the timer?
Me: Fifty seconds.
The Sun: What?
The Moon (trying to be helpful): Five-zero-start.
The Sun (offended and scoffing): I know my alphabet, you know.
*very tongue in cheek. I’m being sarcastic. Not in a mean way […]
Posted in Kid Speak, Life on Aug 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Most mornings, the kids and I have been taking a few moments to write in our journals. Sometimes one of us will pick a topic, sometimes the topics are up to each writer; after we finish, each of us has the choice to read our entries aloud. During this time, I encourage creative spelling (or […]
Posted in Kid Speak on Aug 20th, 2007 2 Comments »
May 21, 2007: There are a lot of Canada geese who hang out in the field next to our house, and yesterday we found two of them wandering around our yard. The Comet makes a fabulous honking sound that is so nearly accurate it’s hard to tell if it’s him or a goose.
Yesterday he told […]
Posted in Quiet, Kid Speak, Life on Aug 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Gee, I’ve been neglecting this poor little blog or journal or whatever you want to call it. I need to transfer some things as I delete my online presence elsewhere. So here we go, from the Archives Elsewhere:
May 15th: The Sun and I were lying beneath the shade tree in the front yard and we […]
Posted in Kid Speak, Life on Apr 15th, 2007 7 Comments »
The Cosmic Kiddies just got back from a two-week visit with their father. You may remember him from an earlier post…he married a woman who is the daughter of a public school teacher, and so on…and he as well as his entire family of in-laws are strongly opposed to homeschooling. The Sun couldn’t […]
Posted in Kid Speak on Nov 7th, 2006 2 Comments »
The Moon and The Sun made slings so they could wear their dolls around the house the last few days. Today The Sun walked in the kitchen and was giving her doll a bottle. She said, “Don’t worry, Mom, it’s breastmilk.” Heee!
Posted in Kid Speak on May 28th, 2006 4 Comments »
Yesterday as we were digging through the garden, we unearthed a few treasures…namely a gigantic nail, a bicentennial coin pendant, and my missing tweezers.
“Hey!” I said, holding them up for scrutiny. “My missing tweezers!”
The Sun, looking innocent, said, “How on earth did they get out here?”
The Comet looked at The Sun, astonished. […]
