3 Ginger Snaps

mild beef patty. Gone.

After eating the entire streetcar and subway ride there.

Ruby is one of the hungriest people I know. These days, she seems willing to eat just about anything, anywhere. Often it is amusing. Sometimes it is confounding – say – for example when we are in the way to school and she is just Into the stroller and announces “I hungee” after just eating…… Continue reading Hungry nomad

I am beginning to wonder where children get their energy from. For the past 2 nights Ruby has been awake until 10pm and this has not translated to any form of slow down durning the day. And now, at. 4:23am, Arden is happily squawking away under the mobile. The mid morning I'm so happy to…… Continue reading This is my 4:19am face

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//www.youtube.com/get_playerSo I know that, at 5 years old, charlotte is far too young to be placed in a supervisory role for her baby sister. That being said, every now and then I have a need to step out of the room for a moment and this was one of those occasions. The 2 year old…… Continue reading Bad parenting good outcome

I am becoming increasingly curious about the role of real world jobs for children. Having been a teacher for 4 years I am doing some reflection on this topic within the context of my own classroom. Jobs as simple and important as cleaning the floor or the windows. Today I had the winter tires put…… Continue reading More work with my kids

//www.youtube.com/get_playerA few words this afternoon on the topic of convergence. Not the kind of convergence that happens on the highway. And not convergence in terms of what happens with social media. Did not convergence like global domination of banks or anything like that. Convergence when everything happens all at once. A happier word for this…… Continue reading Convergence

//www.youtube.com/get_playerSomewhere in the last ten days or so – Arden has found her voice. I'm not sure exactly when it happened but all of a sudden edge was just more vocal then she was before. Almost as though something went off inside her head that told her it was time to pipe up. And, to…… Continue reading Awesome sounds