mommy monday:
With all the hullabaloo over the Intel ISEF, I haven't managed to tell you about my homecoming from my trip without Minnow. When I left the subject last, I was about to go to bed on my night alone in...
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Posted on May 19, 2008 8:48 AM • 1 Comments •
I have to remember to lower my expectations for holidays. When my expectations are low and things go wrong, the expectations are met, and I am satisfied. When things go right, I am surprised and happy. High expectations of things...
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Posted on May 12, 2008 12:06 PM • 14 Comments •
I'm still processing Thursday's events, and I'm busy writing finals, grading papers, and hosting a prospective student...but that doesn't mean that other people aren't writing about things totally perfect for Mommy Monday. Here are some of my recent* favorites:...
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Posted on May 5, 2008 8:59 AM • 0 Comments •
I see so much in Minnow that reminds me of myself as a child. She's enthralled by books and loves to put things into containers in a very particular (mysterious) order often stopping to take things out and then put...
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Posted on April 28, 2008 7:24 AM • 3 Comments •
The weekend weather finally cooperated and allowed us to introduce Minnow to the animals she had previously only seen in books. In the past few weeks, her vocabulary has improved immensely, especially in the department of animal sounds. Her favorite...
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Posted on April 21, 2008 8:12 AM • 4 Comments •
Hmm...I have a nice mommy monday post all planned out in my head but I don't have tomorrow's lecture started or the discussion paper read or... So I guess we'll all just have to wait. Maybe I'll get it posted...
Posted on April 14, 2008 4:08 PM • 1 Comments •
I have some trepidation about raising a girl in today's culture. How do I navigate the over-princessing and over-sexualization of the preschool years without becoming a militant mom and always saying "no"? So far I've tried to strike a good...
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Posted on April 7, 2008 7:38 AM • 29 Comments •
As I head into each weekend, I start to think about possible topics for Mommy Monday. What will inspire me? What will my readers be interested in? What do I feel comfortable writing about? I debated a couple of topics...
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Posted on March 31, 2008 7:14 AM • 19 Comments •
Minnow discovers sand and explores gravitational versus turbulent effects upon releasing a handful into the wind. When we got home, we read Bagnold's "The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes." No, not really...we saved it for bedtime! :) Below...
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Posted on March 24, 2008 6:35 AM • 10 Comments •
I always feel acutely ignorant when I begin to talk about racial prejudice, diversity or discrimination. I grew up in a blindingly white hometown. In elementary school, my best friend was Indian - but she was part of one of...
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Posted on March 10, 2008 7:20 AM • 8 Comments •
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