This grammar challenge, inspired by Grammar Girl is for Star Wars
Grammar Challenge: Yodish
Forgiving ourselves
The story I carry includes death and birth, lives lost and lives saved, tears and laughter. It is incomplete if it has only the good mommy days. I carry it all, broken pieces and whole, together.
Conversations of Olympian Proportions
Assimilation at its best. Piaget would love watching my boys make meaning.
Aliens and Father’s Day
The boys worked up a “screenplay” for Father’s day this year. Their accounts differ somewhat. Here’s Archie’s: Well, We’re in Power Ranger suits. We have them hooked on to grappnals right on my tummy. Our mom was chasing I jumped on her back. Carter got knocked out. When Carter wakes up, I jump on Mom’s [...]
The Great Wii Run
Archie is really into using the Wii Fit these days, particularly the running feature. Without further ado, I present Archie Running Movie, starring Archie, the Wii Fit, Carter (the other feet) and Sweetness, the lazy beagle, (the dog either sleeping or lounging in the background of most shots).
Why we love our Nursery School
I love this school (and the school Carter attended) because they honor who children are. They treasure their ability to find new ways to use old things, the imagination that turns an ice cube into a submarine and the learning that happens when you put kids next to empty boxes. Most importantly, I love these schools because they nourish the joy that comprises the soul of childhood.
Yoda’s father, as seen by Carter
The artist speaks: (go on, click on the arrow)