Day three of no sugar. I’m eating a ton. A TON. And this morning I weighed about two pounds less than the lowest end of my normal weight. Weird. I’ve always been a big fan of food. I got the …
Dumb Things We Do
Since I’m in the midst of sugar withdrawals, I thought it would be an appropriate time for a good old-fashioned rant. Here we go . . . I’m becoming increasingly convinced that there are many things we teach and/or do …
Giving up Sugar (Yes, I’m Serious)
Sometimes it takes a really painful experience to force you to change a bad habit. My bad habit? Too much sugar. I eat quite a healthy diet otherwise – plenty of fruits and veggies, whole grains, lean proteins, etc. But …
How BoyWonder Spent Our Freak 75 Degree Day
Staring at stuff . . . Digging up stuff . . . Digging up more stuff . . . Throwing . . . stuff . . . Exploring stuff . . . Exploring more stuff with Grandpa . . . …
An Easter Confession
I have to confess something. It may be shocking to some of you, and downright blasphemous to others. I almost feel like a sweet-tooth fraud myself for even admitting this. But it has to be said. I don’t like Cadbury …
The Miner and The Gardener: My Favorite Educational Analogies
I think the homechooling conference really got my educational philosophy juices flowing. So my posts this week are rather education-heavy. Hope you don’t mind. I have so many thoughts I’m trying to gel, and writing helps me do that. Over …
The Curriculum Question
A good friend messaged me a question the other day that’s come up a few times in conversation since. It’s sort of an eternal question in the education world, and I thought I’d share my gut response. This answer is …
You Say Basghetti, I Say Pasghetti
We were at a potluck a few weeks ago, and I was sitting at the kids table. (Partly because I had three of the kids myself, and partly because I was feeling antisocial.) One of the preschool-age girls was eating …