The first thing I need to tell you is that this was not my idea. In fact, I kept trying to change the subject every time it came up, in the hopes that they’d forget all about it. The little one made fruit shish kabobs with a group of her little friends last week. On … Read more
Today, I’m bringing my homeschooled children along with me to a prenatal exam with my midwife. Hi, my name is Alison and I am a former mainstream, rural, middle class girl turned still-middle class, urban, hippie (but not hip) stay at home mom. Nice to meet you. Before we head out today, I’m making some … Read more
I get these “Your Pregnancy This Week” emails that list a myriad of facts and tidbits about the wee babe growing inside my uterus, along with any other timely pregnancy notes. You know, like “you’re probably busting out of your bra by now” or “your baby is the size of a tarantula”. Stuff like that. … Read more
A few things to tell you today. One: Banana, kiwi and diced oranges make the best fruit salad. EVER. I want to weep when I look at this simple salad and remember how amazing it was. But then again I weep when the Disney World commercials play on Hulu during The Biggest Loser, so take … Read more
Today, I had a plan. That plan was to make dinner early, so that when we got home from an outing with friends late this afternoon, dinner would be mostly ready. All that would be left to do would be to make some guac to top it all off. And that plan worked. For the … Read more
Can you eat just coleslaw for dinner? I can. You can too if you want, I won’t tell. Here’s how you do it. First, spend your afternoon at a child’s birthday party that you didn’t intend to stay at. When your sometimes-shy-sometimes-not 5 year old persuades/begs you to stay because today she’s feeling shy, you … Read more
Did you ever watch that HBO show Six Feet Under? There’s this great quote in one episode that I think about from time to time. We all go through fallow periods when we must let the soil rest to prepare for new growth. Agriculturally speaking, when a field is left to go “fallow”, that means … Read more
Ava said, “you’re sticking your tongue out” while I was taking this picture. That’s my Thinking Tongue! And besides, that’s how the French do it. (OK so maybe I left out that last bit when responding to my 7 year old’s observations.) I had French toast on the brain when I woke up this morning, … Read more
We didn’t have anything official on the agenda today, so we didn’t really call in sick. But we’ve been goofing around today for sure. Stay at home mom’s and homeschooled kids get a day off once in a while too, right? Right. We had breakfast together, we got dressed and then we went about our … Read more
Zombie weekend fun is officially over, now we’re back to business as usual gang! And this morning, we were all business. If there’s anything out there that works like a charm when it comes to teaching your homeschooled kid some valuable math lessons, money is it. Me: Is 46 greater than or less than 56? … Read more
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