He’s a poet and we know it

My oldest son, Jake, has had a challenging semester, to put it mildly.  Tomorrow is the last day of his Sophomore year, and boy are we glad!  He took his Chemistry exam today, and for extra credit, wrote the following poem–which demonstrates that his true talents lie in the Humanities. Ode to Chemistry by Jake [...]

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Another guilty pleasure

I really dislike most children’s programming of the educational variety–it has a didactic tone that grates on me.  Every story may have a moral, but do we have to beat kids over the head with it?  And that’s why I love the Teletubbies.  I don’t feel like they are trying to teach me anything.  Instead, [...]

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For one of those days when you were wondering about God’s plan

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Another reason my kids are so healthy

Dirt is good for you!  No, really, it is.  So now I can stop feeling guilty about Lorelei and William’s dust covered exteriors and dirty puppy dog aroma that they get from being outside just about every waking hour.

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