Time Together

It can be tricky to find times to connect with all four of the kids every day, especially the older two, who are so busy with their own lives. Which is why I get up a full hour before I really have to. I set the alarm before the sun gets up so that I [...]

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Book Clubs Are So Old News

In a nod to David Gilmour, R and I have started our own private film club. We decided to watch one movie a week when he’s at my house, which ends up being one movie every other week. We decided to limit our selections to documentaries. I have to say that it feels somewhat subversive [...]

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Score!

My fifteen-year old son wants to go thrift storing with me tomorrow! Update: Purchases: one (working!) projection alarm clock with am/fm radio three matching dinner plates one camping thermos one stainless steel rack for purposes unknown Total cost: $3.82

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Growing Independence

Parenting doesn’t come with a set of rules, which was something that bothered me a bit when the kids were younger. If I just knew for sure that this would turn out alright. Am I doing this properly? All of my decisions around the kids seemed fraught with enormous potential long term implications, and there [...]

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14A

Last weekend L and Jay and I watched Juno, the movie that stars Ellen Page as a 16-year old girl who gets pregnant and gives her baby up for adoption. R watched a bit of it, but soon excused himself, and T was at a birthday party. I watched it once before I rented it [...]

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A Room of My Own

I’ve been thinking about creating a haven for myself in my bedroom that I’ll keep off-limits to the kids. I’ve been successful in making my bathroom my own, but the rest of the house is common space, and on Friday nights I’ve got nowhere to go. Take yesterday as an example. I made many pizzas, [...]

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Life Learning

This homeschool year has been an exciting one for me because it feels like I have made a paradigm shift that has been a long time coming. After countless illuminating experiences with my own children, after sifting through and internalizing book after book on child development, cognitive psychology, and learning styles, and after reading first [...]

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