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~august 23 – setpember 23, 2018~
i picked quinn up from his dad’s, and received the tour of his self-built kayak, including the original concept drawing, the official plan drawings of the eleven, and the 11-foot-long boat itself! quinn explained the parts he did himself, including drawing . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ middle school debut  One comment  abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting  abundance, advice about girls, algebra, asynchrony, being a mama, boats, books, coparenting, family, food, grammy and grampy, gratitude, intensity, karate, life of fred, love, math, music, outside, parenting, pomegranates, poppy, pythagorean theorem, reading, science, scutoids, shirt on backwards 
over time, i have filled in gaps in my blog, and the final frontier that has been awaiting its day is the time between quinn’s third and fourth birthdays. i established the blog just after he turned 3, but was not posting thorough updates again until just before he turned 4, when i posted the . . . → Read More: archive update ~ quinn age 3 ~ haul away on the one unbroken line 
11/23/18 ~30 days of gratitude~ day 23 today i am grateful for a full day to relax and cook only with my microwave.
11/24/18 ~30 days of gratitude~ day 24 i am grateful for color; the rainbow veggies of market, the orange and yellow leaves of the vine maples, the red violet of . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ in which we sing the last verse 
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 |
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