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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 
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 
sunday is pancake day at the dragon house, and often i think of the other pancakes while i am stirring batter and pouring maple syrup. on this chilly fall morning, i added cinnamon and apple slices. for anyone newer to reading my blog, i don’t use the real names of other peoples’ children. years ago . . . → Read More: pancakes then and now 
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 
colorless: right around this time of year, things start to feel about like this for me: washed out gray birds in a gray sky flying south without me. my rainbow practice becomes increasingly important for me to strive to do, so i can remember there is actually still a lot of color in the . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ finding the color 
a long time ago (2015), in a galaxy far, far away, there was a yoda snowflake. yes, it all started with a yoda snowflake. that was what possessed me to buy another exact-o knife, even though somewhere in storage, there is already a perfectly serviceable exact-o knife in my possession. even for what could . . . → Read More: make like a geek ~ game sliders and creative dice rolling 
the beginning of the month was spring break, featuring unschooling in its rawest form (you know, without going to school), which i wrote about in spring break in the age of reason.
pictured here are some writing he was doing using 3-finger grip (he was creating sequels to some books from . . . → Read More: ~a month of unschool~ the merry-go-round went around again 
~a friday ritual~ a photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special moment. a moment i want to pause, savor and remember other posts you may enjoy:~quinn’s forty-first month~ now i’m free!heliotrope~this . . . → Read More: ~this moment~ 
(posted june 2013) ~lego university!~ building a model ship (from a kit)~ drawing an awesome ewok birthday card for a friend who likes star wars almost as much as quinn does~
~academic stuff like discussing the spanish language over pancakes (he asked enough questions to make me . . . → Read More: ~a month of unschool~ play learn 
~a friday ritual~ photos capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special moment. a moment i want to pause, savor and remember. other posts you may enjoy:three months of unschoolquinn’s twenty-fourth month ~ art therapy and two, too!~rainbow mondays~ strength in rainbows~this moment~ taking us out to sea |
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