Today Deep Thinker and I took a walk. He told me that a girl in his class confessed to having a crush on him. He often refers to her as “the meanest girl in the class.” So I asked him why he thinks she acts mean. He said (and I quote directly), “Well, I can […]
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What fun. Deep Thinker will be a second grader when the summer is over. He asked if he could have an allowance. I thought, sure. But let’s give him at least one or two chores. (He currently has no chores and I have been pondering when to introduce them. I suppose I’m behind on this…) […]
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Sometimes it dawns on me that though my children are my number one priority in my heart and mind, I have inadvertently put other things first in my actions. My friends and I talk often about those moments when we realize that we’re doing everything except spending time with our children–cleaning, cooking, using the Internet, […]
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My son Deep Thinker was placed in a first grade class that has apparently been his teacher’s WORST NIGHTMARE! Poor teacher. I feel for her, having taught and knowing what it’s like to have a very difficult class. Deep Thinker is Mr. Rules, so his biggest disappointment is that when a few students misbehave, everyone […]
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Deep Thinker is sooo excited about his baby brother (due date August 13). I like asking him theoretical questions sometimes because it’s fun to hear his take on things. So, I asked, “Will it be fun to have 3 boys, or is that too many?” He said FUN. I continued, “Well, what about 4? Do […]
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Oh my. My first grader has been using the computer more and more. I am not ready for this. Yet I encourage it. We often use it together to find the answers to his questions–you know, things like “What’s a spider web made of, Mom?” So he has seen me do Internet searches many times. […]
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Today Deep Thinker was feeling very puzzled about how cavemen and cavewomen had babies. Most of this stemmed from our explanation of where babies come from. Deep Thinker keeps pressuring us about this topic, so we told him that basically God gives people babies after they’re married. (This is a pretty standard response, no?) He […]
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I am not doing a lot to promote spirituality and religion at home. I want to do more. But at least each day we say the blessing and express thanks for the things we have and ask for help growing and learning and being better. We were saying the blessing at dinner two days ago, […]
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Here are the latest and greatest–they drive me wild. I wish Rowdy Rebel would always pronounce words this way! 1) When he “reads” stories to us, instead of “ONCE upon a time,” he says “ONE upon a time.” (I think I am repeating this one–it’s so sweet, it’s worth repeating just this once;) 2) Not […]
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At dinner tonight, Deep Thinker almost said a bad word. I interrupted just in time, “No! That’s a bad word. We don’t say that, okay?” (Sometimes he still doesn’t know a word is bad–I believe that was the case in this instance.) So, then he tells us a story: “Hey, my friend Tyler at school […]
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