This afternoon, while driving home from a short trip into Brookline, we passed a woman walking a tiny four-legged creature that appeared to be more fur than dog. It was a Pomeranian of course. And although my daughter never quite figured out how to pronounce “Pomeranian” she still wanted to know where the name had come from.
NIH suspends funding for testing on chimps We start this week with a follow-up to a previous Caterpickle which mentioned that the NIH was preparing a…
Despite my best effort, The Four-Year-Old’s unanswered question index keeps getting longer. I’m at 137 and counting. In today’s post, I tackle her questions about pigs in space, duck tongues, mosquito hearts, and ancient butterflies.
Just two short stories today, as The Four-Year-Old is already bounding around upstairs. It’s Not Easy Being Red The first concerns Nafanya, a lonely ginger-haired seal…
Overheard in the playroom. The Four-Year-Old: “Daddyo, do white blood cells have white blood in them?” Daddyo: “No. Blood is made up of cells. Cells aren’t…
Oil-eating mushrooms, Mars Rover Curiosity update, and other news of the week.
One of my better parenting ideas this fall was to sign my daughter up for nature classes at the Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary in Sharon, Massachusetts. The classes last an hour and half and include a craft, a story, and a nature hike.
One day while coming home from a nature class in a local bird sanctuary, my four-year-old’s mind had a question: “Mommyo, why are girl mosquitoes silent, but boy mosquitos buzz?” Turns out that’s not quite how mosquitoes work.
Mosquito Week continues with a look at why we get a break from those pesky biters (at least in the Northeast) in the winter.
One day, after I (gently) batted The Four-Year-Old’s hand down from scratching at two bites on her face, she asked, “Mommyo, why are mosquito bites little red bumps?”
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