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~4-23 to 5-23~
we visited baby pancake w and quinn was great with her. she woke up from a nap sooner than expected and i had handed her over to him but she had started fussing in his arms, so i went to reach out and take . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ playing in the band 
~february 23 through march 23~
The day after quinn’s birthday, as soon as sleepover friends went home we set out for a visit to see/meet our new pancake w. rich had met her on the day she was born, but this would be quinn’s and my first . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ smuggle in a dinosaur 
~1-23-19 to 2-23-19~
winter wonderings Quinn took three classes at Winter Wonderings at OSU this year, and finally got to enroll in one of the Minecraft modules. He also took manual chess programming and Oregon geology. Rich drove him to his class one Saturday while I . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ unrivaled unraveling  Leave a comment  abundance, gratitude, hippie glop gourmet, lifelong learning, parenting  abundance, band, being a mama, birthday, books, differently wired, executive function skills, family, geometry, gifted, karate, learning styles, lifelong learning, love, math, music, noodles, parenting, processing speed, reading, self advocacy, sensory, tag 
~12-23-18 to 1-23-19~ we had family visiting on christmas eve. rich’s mom, daughter and son-in-law came, and his mom made dinner for us all. it was fun to impart messages of non-worry and support to my pregnant step-daughter, and encourage her to refrain from consulting the dreaded google about that sore hip or . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ more cowbell 
twelve is a sublime number, a number that has a perfect number of divisors, and the sum of its divisors is also a perfect number. there are six divisors of twelve (1,2,3,4,6,12) and 6 is perfect; adding 1+2+3+4+6+12 = 28, which is another perfect number; this double perfectionism defines twelve as a sublime number. something . . . → Read More: twelve is sublime! 
~covering 10-23-18 to 11-23-18~ social learning the first middle school dance! he was so quull. he decided to wear his owl jacket with jeans and sneakers. legolas went with another friend, and quinn was hoping aragorn and gimli would go, but they didn’t. he ended up hanging out with two other boys . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ sierpenski’s rubik’s tetrahedron 
we had an eventful weekend of pressing apple cider and playing with friends on saturday, and then attending a very exciting gender reveal party for quinn’s step-niece! he has been elected as future babysitter already for this new bundle of joy, coming to our family in march. once he handed in his historical . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ math goblins 2 comments abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, beach, being a mama, books, dungeons and dragons, emotions, family, gratitude, haiku, history, homework, karate, life of fred, lifelong learning, logic, love, math, parenting, play, poetry, pokemon, reading, theatre 
~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 2 comments 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 
the good farm people acted as though i was doing them a favor by not allowing those ten feet of the crop to go to waste, when i was really the one reaping all the tomato wealth a gal would ever want to put up for one season. don’t tell nachos, but i love pasta just as much, and a pot of organic sauce simmering on my stove is a happy thing in cool november weather. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ third annual nacho november 
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 |
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