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paleontology camp! there was quite a bit of sand spilling out of the lint trap in the dryer as i restarted the bulging load of size 14 clothing for another cycle. Every pair of underwear but the two extras were worn; all socks; all shirts and pants; when the second batch . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ quercus quetzalcoatlus  One comment  abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting  abundance, beach, being a mama, fossils, gratitude, hiking, karate, lifelong learning, love, music, nature, ocean, oregon country fair, outside, paleontology, paleontology camp, parenting, plants, reading, science, subtitles, swim, tidepooling 
camp boss verbosity warning: please excuse the verbosity of this end-of-schoolyear/start-of-summer month of lifelong learning and grab a cuppa! pizza rolls and rubik’s cubes quinn and i solved his christmas stocking rubik’s cube this month! He is pictured showing the initial progress just after the first step of solving one side (the green . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ connections, finding eggs in unusual places, and the oxford comma 3 comments abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting abundance, back yard, beach, being a mama, books, connection, family, gifted, grammy and grampy, gratitude, hiking, intensity, karate, lifelong learning, love, marching band, music, nature, ocean, outside, paleontology camp, parenting, reading, tidepooling 
Lesson one “Roughly 80% of your body is water. your body is made of mostly water.” She puts a number on it for him, and it is then that i know i have found the perfect swim teacher for quinn. She explains not to blow out all his air at once, but to instead hum, . . . → Read More: ~summer shorts~ swim lessons 
~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 
~3-23 to 4-23~ for spring break we had no big plans other than reconnecting a bit with each other. spring break breakdown: monday q went to work with me; listening to lemony snicket audio again; also a sparkle stories installment of the “how to be super” series he hasn’t listened to yet . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ scutoid cake, pancakes, and warm butter tortillas 
~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 
This past year has been very transitional for Quinn and for me as a parent. At age ten when he began fifth grade, he was one of the big kids in school. For Christmas I gave him practical, useful gifts – a music stand, a hanger to hold his karate belts. In June, I gathered . . . → Read More: ~summer shorts~ weaving childhood 
~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 
a scrap of green t-shirt sleeve, followed by the brim of a floppy, khaki hat wobble out from near the front of the line of campers, the one glimpse i’ve caught of quinn on his very first sleepaway camp experience. the t.a. and videographer is bringing up the rear behind the six campers attending . . . → Read More: ~summer shorts~ striking out 
~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 |
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