Monthly Archives: July 2011

Blondie

Kate’s been on a roll with her observations lately.  Her latest involves Ellie.  She said: ‘Mama – do you know why Ellie has really blond hair?  You said she gets her blond hair from Aunty Jo Jo.  I think that when you and Jo Jo were little Nana would kiss you both good night.  First...

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Rube!

I just had to share this Rube Goldberg video that I came across the other day.  It spoke to me because it was done with all sorts of camera equipment:  snoots, memory cards, gorilla pods, tripods, lens caps, etc.  I love watching what uber creative people can come up with! This is ONE way to...

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Camp Harry

That title is not true. Jill did NOT go to a Harry Potter camp, but it would have been cool, right? Nope, I’m combining two subjects in this blog post so I thought it only fitting that the title was combined too. Last week we sent Jill off to her first sleep away camp. Yes...

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How does she do it?

Last week Kate asked: ‘How does Mrs. Holzer see through our eyes, into our brains, to know we weren’t thinking about math?’ Hmmm…I wonder how many times Mrs. Holzer had to use her magic powers on Kate?  Perhaps we should work on focus this summer!

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Ruh Row!

Kids seem to score all manner of goodies when they come to see me.  Not only are the bribed with a tootsie pop by me, but they have often been promised something from their parents too.  Ice cream, lunch at a favorite restaurant, a cookie from the coffee shop down the street, hot chocolate (because...

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