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~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ resilience and reciprocity

By marybethrew, on September 18th, 2019%

In quinn’s theatre camp performance this year, he was a battle-weary nutcracker toy who came to life with his gang of other animated toys (a ballerina on whom he had a crush, a teddy bear who liked to give him hugs when he would have war flashbacks, and a jack in the box) who all together came to life to try and save the toy shop from the evils of online shopping. . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ resilience and reciprocity

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ quercus quetzalcoatlus

By marybethrew, on August 16th, 2019%

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

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ connections, finding eggs in unusual places, and the oxford comma

By marybethrew, on August 8th, 2019%

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

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ playing in the band

By marybethrew, on July 25th, 2019%

~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

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ scutoid cake, pancakes, and warm butter tortillas

By marybethrew, on July 18th, 2019%

~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

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ unrivaled unraveling

By marybethrew, on July 5th, 2019%

~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

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ raven on the riverbank

By marybethrew, on March 14th, 2019%

ridiculously verbose! you have been warned!

~covering 11-23-18 to 12-23-18~

i only had quinn for one week plus a partial weekend of this time period, because of trade negotiations over winter break. the next month, i would have him for 3 out of 4 weeks. i ended up having a lot . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ raven on the riverbank

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ middle school debut

By marybethrew, on December 10th, 2018%

~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

~thankful thursday~ in which we sing the last verse

By marybethrew, on November 30th, 2018%

but now it’s time to sing the last verse of the song for this year. the part of the song where it all comes together metaphorically and the sound waves ripple through the air to touch your heart, and though it has the same melody as before, there are several strains of harmony woven in now, and when you get to the chorus, you reach down to your toes to send the last few notes up a third or a fifth or an octave. you take it higher, you take it on home. you know, that part of the song. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ in which we sing the last verse

~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ playing games, gaming plays

By marybethrew, on September 1st, 2018%

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

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~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ resilience and reciprocity

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ quercus quetzalcoatlus

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ connections, finding eggs in unusual places, and the oxford comma

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ playing in the band

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ scutoid cake, pancakes, and warm butter tortillas

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ unrivaled unraveling

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ raven on the riverbank

~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ middle school debut

~thankful thursday~ in which we sing the last verse

~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ playing games, gaming plays

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