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quinn and i went to the pool several times this month, and he made some progress on learning to swim. the pool was almost empty and we had an hour each time to work on swimming skills. he is motivated to practice and a huge milestone was putting his ears in the water . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ playing games, gaming plays  2 comments  abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting  abundance, being a mama, books, coparenting, family, food, friends, games, grammy and grampy, gratitude, infinity, karate, life of fred, lifelong learning, love, math, math for fun and glory, music, nature, outside, parenting, pie, programming, reading, theatre camp 
camp boss informed me that comments were inadvertently closed on the previous lifelong learner post. i have updated it so commenting is back on, and can only assume wordpress is punishing me for my 5770-word verbosity. i have not reformed myself, in fact this post is split into parts because it got out of hand . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ enfolded eggs part 1 Comments are closed abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, being a mama, books, cardioids, cooking, drawing, eggs, enfolded, family, fibonacci, food, gratitude, handcrafting, hexaflexagon, karate, lifelong learning, love, math, math for fun and glory, music, nature, nerd metaphors, outside, parenting, pi, reading, science, snakes, spirals 
a long and winding hodge podge of learning and living that i have decided to stop editing and move on from… read at your own risk (warning! verbosity ahead!), and probably pour yourself a cup of tea first.
science fair! i had the privilege of being the . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ percolator Leave a comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, art, beach, being a mama, birthday, books, celebration, chess, cousins, cursive, drums, family, friends, grammy and grampy, gratitude, karate, lifelong learning, love, music, mythology, nature, new york, origami, outdoor school, outside, parenting, pi, programming, reading, science, time management 
minecraft fortress building was a frequent occupation these past two months. quinn has also been inspired to build games in scratch, making use of a book fair purchase to familiarize with how to use code within the scratch framework to generate a game.
birthday books; on the right, . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ turrets and portcullises 2 comments abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting a month of unschool, automata, back yard, being a mama, books, computers, coparenting, empowerment, family, food, gratitude, handcrafting, hiking, karate, lifelong learning, love, minecraft, music, nature, outside, parenting, play, programming, reading, science, self advocacy, yoga 
rainbow in the morning… the symbiosis between the warming up of my car and the redwood trees, carbon dioxide traded for oxygen, plus a bonus rainbow from the sun. rainbow selfie in a bubble (i wanted to try the cool bubbles-on-snow trick, but our snow was already too melted and wet for crystallizing . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ poke party 
10-23 to 12-23 quinn and i collaborated once again to create a fun halloween costume: bulbasaur the pokemon.
we took quinn’s fourth grader free state park pass on the road and hung out at the yaquina head lighthouse one afternoon to watch . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ becoming a dragon Leave a comment abundance, gratitude, handcrafting, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, beach, being a mama, books, celebration, drawing, dungeons and dragons, family, field trips, food, games, gratitude, hiking, karate, lifelong learning, love, nature, ocean, outside, parenting, pokemon, reading, science 
11-25-16 day 25 i am thankful for an unexpected extra 24 hours with my boy today, which was made all the more wonderful by his getting to spend time with rich’s daughter. we are missing some family members this thanksgiving, but having a couple of “our kids” together made it very special. i . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ sailor hair don’t care One comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, being a mama, birds, boats, books, celebration, dolphins, family, food, gratitude, heroes, love, nature, ocean, outside, parenting, photography, poetry, politics, providence, reading, sailing, self care, thankful thursday, water 
11-18-16 day 18 i know we’re all feeling thankful for joe biden right about now, so i am not saying anything original here. i, however, am reminded of why i am actually thankful for his public service, even more than i am for imagining him leaving his gameboy in the oval office, removing the t’s . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ the essentials: love, water, light, nachos 
{note to peeps who receive my posts via email: i am trying out a different email service, so please let me know if you don’t receive this message… oh, wait….how about if someone sends me a successfully received shout-out, would you please? and let me know if you notice anything problematic with the . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ oh, brother 
quinn started off the month with a health setback. i knew he wasn’t feeling too great, because one afternoon he told me, “my whole body hurts!” i took some time to talk him through what he meant by that, and it turned out his toe and his throat . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ kites, shrinky dinks, and synesthesia 4 comments abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, being a mama, birds, boats, books, butterflies, calvin and hobbes, celebration, drawing, family, food, gratitude, greek mythology, handcrafting, karate, kites, lifelong learning, love, nature, outside, parenting, percy jackson, reading, shrinky dinks, spirit animals, synesthesia |
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