Kaeta has been asking “Why?” questions a lot lately. This week I took her with me to the grocery store, and while we were walking through the store, out of nowhere, she asked, “Why do people have to die?” I don’t know what prompted that question, but she seemed genuinely troubled. I picked her up […]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Nerd Alert!
Yesterday I read the book “The Prince of Ireland and the Three Magic Stallions” to the kids. It includes some Irish expressions, which I generally don’t try to explain — I just keep reading. For example, at one point the prince of Ireland comes upon an old washerwoman who was “keening as if her heart […]
Brought to you by the letter J
Whenever we do our phonics lesson, I give Kaeta some letter blocks so she can “build the letter” that we learned. Usually I give Jonah the blocks too, because he likes to “make an A” (which usually means he lines the blocks up or sets them up side by side or something). But last Friday […]
Confessions of a Car Salesman
When I read this article and started thinking of all the people I wanted to email it too, the list was so long, I figured I’d better just link to it from a blog post. It’s called Confessions of a Car Salesman. Basically, the author got a job with Edmunds and they immediately gave him […]