Sigh. I'm reading Strawberry Girl aloud to LilDude. It's a Newbery Award book by Lois Lenski. The text reads: "Azuloy, a fifteen-year-old orphan, was Miss Liddy's helper. She did everything from threading needles to sweeping floors." p. 56 We...

Sometimes the behavior of "adults" just astounds me. Particularly when it comes to children's sporting events. No one came forward to coach my son's 7th grade traveling basketball team, so my husband agreed to take it. He has coached basketball...

It's not unusual for LilDude (7) to walk in his sleep. Tonight after reading aloud from our latest chapter book, Strawberry Girl, I tucked him in, and told him good night. A hour or so later, he comes running into the computer room calling, "What...

I've been experiencing mega "God moments" lately...you know, when something hits you upside the head because it's just out-of-the-ordinary in coolness? Today I was reading an adoption forum and saw a mom's post about her child; it described how she...

I took LilDude (7) and GG (3, almost 4) to the store. They each carried $2 they'd earned, excited to spend it on something wonderful. I was equally excited to use some of my new "Love and Logic/allowance with kids" knowledge; basically I wanted to give...