I thought I’d encountered a “teachable moment” with my second grader last week. He mentioned that a friend of his had said that their family is running low on money. My son loves math, and he also loves thinking about business and making money–therefore, we often talk about math in terms of numbers, and he’s […]
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Rowdy Rebel read to me for the first time tonight. At first, he was pretending to read. It’s a story called “The Big Hungry Bear.” It’s about a mouse that finds a strawberry and ends up sharing it with a bear. Kids LOVE that story. I never really got into that story for some reason, […]
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Deep Thinker has caught wind of the economic troubles in our country. He’s all about money. He was the first one in his class to learn how to add all of the coins to make a dollar. Each day, he has a new idea on how he’s going to make lots of money. The other […]
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My husband’s work hours have gotten easier, so now when he comes home, I get to take walks! I take the baby and Rowdy Rebel for a walk first. We walk for about 45 minutes. Then we come back and I take Deep Thinker. I love walking with them one at a time. When we […]
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Bully stories and movies scare me. As a parent, especially a parent of boys, one of my worst fears is that my children will be bullied in school. This fear grew exponentially before my first son (Deep Thinker) was even two! He was so passive that he let other children take his toys, moved out […]
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Deep Thinker and I had a great discussion the other night. He asked me if I believe in aliens. I don’t like to confirm questions like that. I like to hear what he thinks. So I gave a vague answer, and he looked perfectly satisfied with it and kept right on talking. He said, “Well […]
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When I tuck the boys in bed, every night I ask, “What do you guys want to talk about?” Rowdy Rebel ALWAYS says “Let’s talk about birthdays! When is MY birthday?” Then I tell him, and then he tells me what kind of party he wants. His face lights up completely, and he gets that […]
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My boys were on “Baby Madness and Candid Kids” on the Discovery Health channel last night. It’s a cute show that shows children’s quotes and their responses in funny scenarios. Some children were asked to take long phone messages. Others were told not to touch a huge Lego model, and then the supervising adult steps […]
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This is so fun. I have to write reviews on American Idol as part of my job–it’s a funny and fun part. Technically, I don’t have to watch the show to do the reviews, but I thought I’d try to see if the boys might like it. And they did! So we’ve been watching it […]
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Aunt Super Cool gave the boys a bunch of scientific magazines for kids. They have awesome pictures of things like gross bugs, animals, all the types of things little boys love to learn about. We try to read each night we can. I let the boys take turns choosing which book, magazine, or article we’ll […]
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