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Language: Practice and Mastering Something

As a kid I remember wanting to be older. I also wanted to be able to pick up a guitar and play it perfectly. I’m not sure what that was about, but I think it’s pretty normal. I’d like Lou and Ero to be happier about their ages and in less of a rush. I [...]

Dailyish Study Roundup – Veggies, Clouds, Talking

Dailyish Study Roundup lists studies and info I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… People don’t eat enough fruit and veggies - 32.8% of adults get enough fruit and even less for veggies. Awesome, strange clouds and the science behind them – Beautiful pictures! EPA to review controversial chemicals: [...]

The Cardboard Canvas

Cardboard is a wonderful canvas. I forgot how awesome it was, and then we ran out of paper. That purple thing to the left is a tree with Lou’s friend Grace sitting under it. She wanted to paint what I was painting… So I inspired her, but her colors and form inspired me for another [...]

Dailyish Study Roundup – Falls, Shoes, Probiotics

Dailyish Study Roundup lists studies and info I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… The number one non-fatal injury requiring medical attention are falls. Women wear shoes that cause pain – They did a study to tell us about this. Do Probiotics Work? – Our bacteria are so complex, I [...]

Perfect Toddler Table – Convert an IKEA Table

Chopping the legs off a table is liberating. We bought a typical IKEA kids table. Like all table sets out there, is was too high for our toddlers. $40 for the table and chairs. Then we went over to Michael Olaf to see what the measurements on the perfect Montessori table ($386) were. Their table was [...]

Dailyish Roundup – Winter Babies, Blindness Research

Dailyish Roundup lists studies and info I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… New study on why kids born in the winter months (me) are less likely to achieve in school and life: Children born in the winter months already have a few strikes against them. Study after [...]

The Little Glass for Little Hands

Exciting times. Ero can drink out of our little glasses without spilling all over the place. Why in the world are we using glass? For me, it’s because I like the feel of glass so much more than plastic and I imagine my kids do too. Montessori says it’s to teach them how to use [...]

Dailyish Roundup – Coming Out, Frogs, AIDS Vaccine

Dailyish Roundup lists studies and info I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… Coming out in high school – A very long article on the struggles of coming out gay in high school. My little sis did this, and it was an ordeal for her, big time. Cool frogs! – [...]

First Sketches – 13 Months Old

Oma told me to put a crayon in the kids hands as soon as possible. With this in mind I kept giving a crayon to Ero to see when he would actually “draw.” Today was the day. Delicate little scratches…so sweet. Now I must buy him his First Sketchbook. Oh how I love the sketchbook. [...]

Dailyish Study Roundup – Pot, Tanning, Cereal

Dailyish Study Roundup lists studies and news I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… Marijuana hurts developing brains but helps adult brains. - This is pretty amazing. THC, the drug in pot that makes one loopy, can have two effects on the brain: New research suggests that THC, the [...]

Duplo Sculpture Relief

Lou put her Duplo grass on her chalkboard the other day. I thought it was funny how just putting something on its side created a whole new activity. All of a sudden she’s making a Duplo sculpture relief. Reliefs are a sculpture that is on a flat plane and then parts are raised or lowered [...]

Dailyish Study Roundup – Music, Financial Skills

Dailyish Study Roundup lists studies and news I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal… Some vegetative patients are capable of simple learning. Scary music is scarier with eyes closed. Decline in financial skills suggests that Alzheimer’s is less than a year away. – Yikes. It reminds me of those adds [...]