Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, life on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s like going back in time. Different daughter, same approach. Deadly serious, intensely focused, and in love with the sport.
She has the advantage of having lived at the pool since she was two, and having been around more competitions than she can remember. She started diving this year, but she looks like she’s been diving [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, overscheduling on November 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Our evenings are incredibly busy during the school year. Diving has been a mainstay every night of the week for years, and we’re all sort of used to it, but now Tee plays basketball three times a week, and Jay has added two nights of diving to the two of gymnastics that she already does.
The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chores, family, house cleaning on October 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Each family has it’s own traditions. They’re important, these rituals that can be counted on. They’re the glue that hold the unit together.
Some families make a point of eating dinner together as often as they can. That would be nice. Or Family Game Night. A great idea, but not practical in this family of individuals [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, parenting on July 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Every once in a while I read about the absolute necessity of family sit-down dinners, and I feel a pang of worry, because those just don’t happen regularly in this house. Sure we sit down, and we do eat dinner, we just don’t have Sunday Dinner, or anything resembling it. More like here’s a pot [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, kids, unschool on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I observed the spontaneous emergence of loan sharking in a primitive culture. Overheard during a Monopoly game between the seven and nine-year old: “I’ll let you owe me the $100 if you pay me an extra $30 every time you pass Go.”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, projects on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Went for a nightime skate today, and it was fun, fun, fun! Played shinny hockey, to the best of our limited and varied abilities, and then came home for hot chocolate.
Next on the agenda is our Gourmet Feast.
Big bro R has the menu planned out. I’ve already done most of the shopping. Tomorrow we begin [...]
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