Periscope

This is a picture of Tee reflected in one of the mirrors in the periscope he built this evening. I suggested he build a periscope when I saw him playing with a couple of small mirrors and a flashlight, not thinking that he would actually be able to figure out how to do it, but [...]

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In a World of Their Own

I’m reading a book called Suburban Safari, which was written by a nature and travel writer. It’s an interesting look at the ecology of grassy backyards, the premise being that we don’t need to travel to exotic foreign locations to witness wildlife. I read a bit of it this morning because the kids were immersed [...]

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Turning Seven

I found this note when I was tidying up. She’s got a wiggly tooth, but it hasn’t fallen out yet. Yesterday she asked me if I knew the Birthday Fairy very well. When I said I did, she asked me to ask the Birthday Fairy to ask the Tooth Fairy whether her tooth could fall [...]

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In Their Own World

I love the kids’ clay city. Today, Tee and his friend AJ spent all afternoon “mining” for precious metals, making fantasy creatures, and deciding on an elaborate set of rules for governing this city. Tee and Jay have agreed that it’s a smallish city surrounded by mountains, on an island, somewhere in the tropics. It [...]

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A World in Miniature

Tee and Jay were inspired today by a fantastic, intricate, detailed city made out of plasticine. It’s a magic land we were told. Anything grows, and anything can happen. There were rivers, mountains, gardens, trees, houses and forts, a coliseum, an obelisk, and a chocolate factory. Now Tee wants to build an Aztec city. Jay [...]

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