I’ll share this sweet photo of little Sophia. Don’t ya just want to eat her up?
And no, I don’t ever put clothing on my children – we just let them run around naked like monkeys. It’s part of our homeschooling cult religion, you know! ;p J/K
Archive for September, 2006
Since that last picture only took about 5 minutes to load . . .
Posted in kids, pictures, tagged kids, pictures, Sophia on September 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
One more for "momhood" . . .
Posted in being mom, humor, kids, tagged being mom, kids, Michaela on September 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
You’re glad you know how to type because your toddler pried off half the keys on the laptop keyboard and you’re typing by touch on rubber nubs until the new keypad gets in. I love you, Michaela Rose!
Education and conservatives
Posted in politics, tagged education, politics, reform, republicans on September 26, 2006 | 4 Comments »
If you are a conservative interested in education, you need to read this excellent column by Neal McClusky on conservatives embrace of big government education muddling on National Review Online. Mr McClusky starts of with this:
For decades, conservatives stood against big-government intrusions into American education. They defended local control of schooling, championed parental choice, and [...]
Why we’re losing the cultural war
Posted in culture, politics, tagged culture, politics on September 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I just read an essay in The American Conservative by Claes G. Ryn which I found rather insightful:
Modern American conservatism has been enthralled by politics. It should be obvious to all by now that this has been a debilitating preoccupation. Society’s long-term direction is not set mainly by politicians. It is set by those who [...]
You know you’ve achieved full "Momhood" when . . .
Posted in being mom, humor, kids, tagged being mom, humor, kids on September 19, 2006 | 4 Comments »
- You go to the bathroom while holding a baby (bonus points if you were breastfeeding at the time).
- You find yourself saying odd combinations of words like “don’t lick yogurt off the window”.
- It occurs to you that if you kick your oldest child really, really hard you could have everyone in the house [...]
Talking with our kids about 9/11
Posted in kids, politics, tagged 9/11, politics, talking with kids on September 11, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Ack! It’s been a while since I posted, but we’ve been very busy and I just haven’t had time. I still don’t really have time, but since today is the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I thought I’d share a conversation I had over the weekend with my 7 year old about the [...]
Ewwwwwwww!
Posted in being mom, humor, kids, tagged being mom, desiccated snakes, kids, yuck on September 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Right now on the kitchen counter next to me is a small, smashed, sun-dried snake that my 11 year old found. What is wrong with boys? Yeesh!
5 year old boys and "A Well Trained Mind"
Posted in education, homeschooling, kids, tagged boys, homeschooling, The Well Trained Mind on September 2, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Earlier today I was reading the very good “Crunch Cons” blog over at beliefnet and the author, Rod Dreher was responding to a reader question about preparing to homeschool his daughter in a few years (the child in question was under 1 year). Mr. Dreher responded first by explaining that he and his wife were [...]
