Wordless Wednesday: I can haz tuna?
Canelo is the only cat I’ve ever had who will sit at the table with you, without actually sitting on the table by you. He prefers…
2015 Reading Resolutions
Last year, Reading in Winter got me hooked on reading challenges. Theirs was pleasantly complicated and arranged in a bingo format that kept me reading until I’d read all the books. Goodreads has a basic reading challenge too — you set a goal for how many books you’re going to read this year, and then do it. This year I had a few particular reading habits I wanted to put in place, but couldn’t find a reading challenge that would prompt me to do them all. So I made up my own.
What’s The Seven-Year-Old reading this week?
This week, The Seven-Year-Old is devouring news stories about Vikings, dragon bones, and mega-rodents. She’s also reading books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Benjamin Sherman, Bill Watterson, and Brad Meltzer.
Wait, snowflakes really are that shape?
Chicago doesn’t get nearly as much snow as Boston does, but I’ve found that makes us appreciate every flake that falls that much more.
The difference between velociraptors and kittens
This past Christmas, Canelo did not knock over our Christmas tree once. (I know, shocking right? What sort of self-respecting cat is he?) However, he did…
What The Seven-Year-Old is thinking about this week: Sea monsters, gooey birds, & the measles outbreak
Once upon a time, when I was a sprightly young blogger of great ambition, I would end the week with a round-up of news stories that…
Wordless Wednesday: Jack Frost paints again
I am rapidly becoming obsessed with the patterns Jack Frost paints on our windows. I love this picture Michael took of the frost ferns so much…
Wordless Wednesday
Coming in under the wire with the Wordless Wednesday this week. I’ve been so distracted rewriting The Rutabaga Rumpus (my children’s early chapter book about a…
The Seven-Year-Old practices her mad scientist cackle
Background: This semester we gave The Seven-Year-Old the option to sign up for two after school classes. She picked Old School Sports, which teaches you to play old-fashioned games like…
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