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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  One comment  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 
spring means sprouts… bringing back an old favorite easter tradition, we grew some wheat grass in an easter basket. r2d2 and baseball eggs filled with jelly beans rounded out the holiday fun, since easter (and christmas) were all still in storage.
we celebrated our traditional st. patty’s . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ sprouting spring spirit One comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, beach, being a mama, books, celebration, easter, family, fan fiction, fishing, gratitude, karate, lifelong learning, love, nature, outside, pancakes, parenting, percy jackson, reading, science, sensory diet, spirit animals, writing 
i only just finished posting about last month and it’s time for another one! in this season of dim lighting and puddles, it all feels like a big blur, but when i go back and look through, some gems shine through the murk.
halloween, pokemon style. . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ take a picture of it instead One comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting a month of unschool, abundance, art, being a mama, books, cooking, coparenting, dungeons and dragons, educational priorities, family, games, gratitude, hiking, karate, laundry, lifelong learning, love, nature, ocean, our living school, parenting, pokemon, reading, ruby, science, self care, simple machines, tidepooling 
two months fly by quickly when they are august and september… one minute you’re camping on the river, playing baseball and pokemon and dungeons and dragons, and the next minute you’re in new york visiting family, then whammo! school starts. whew! time for a lifelong learning check-in at last! . . . → Read More: a month or two in the life of a lifelong learner ~ wait just a new york minute |
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