Conversations with a 6-year-old
With my youngest being nearly 7, I think it’s starting to hit me how precious and fleeting innocent little-kid conversations are, before they start to censor their thoughts and words. I find myself trying to draw out these conversations and linger on them as much as I can before...
Seeing your job — through your kid’s eyes
Today it was “Take Your Sick Kid to Work Day.” What—you weren’t notified? Hmm, maybe I was the only one who got the memo… It all started at bedtime last night. We let the boys stay up a little later to watch “American Pickers,” which we had recorded on...
The Dark Ages Redefined (or Kids Say the Darndest Things)
It’s so funny to see things from your kids’ perspectives, especially when it involves the concept of time. Here’s a conversation that played out in my house, just this morning. Boy #3: “Mom, was Grandma alive in the ’80s?” At first I thought he was talking about the 1880s....
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten—Really?
Last night I was reading with Boy #3. We were reading Math-terpieces (which is a really cool book, by the way). It introduces a famous painting and then adds math to the mix by pulling out a feature in the painting, such as a melting watch (think Dali) or...
The attack of the killer presentation
This week, Boy #2 had to give a presentation to his class. The topic? “All about me.” Sounds pretty straightforward, huh? That’s what I thought, too. I had asked him to think about what he wanted to include in his presentation, and I would help him with the visual...
A Question for the Ages
My kids are weird. Not weird in a bad way, necessarily, just a funny, quirky, out-of-the-ordinary way. And I find it quite charming most of the time. They make me think about things I’ve never thought about before. And sometimes they ask me questions that literally stump me. And...
A Case of Misplaced Empathy
It’s funny. My boys don’t think twice about hurting one another. They call names. They hit. They say things that (I hope!) they don’t mean. And they always get over it. But hurt Squidward Tentacles? And you’ve gone too far. According to Boy #3, that is. We were in...
Tornado Preparedness—From the Mouth of a 7-Year-Old
“If there’s a tornado, it’s better if your horse is outside instead of inside the house. Because if it’s inside, it could panic and break stuff.” Keep that in mind, people. (Note that we were not talking about either horses or tornadoes when this statement was made.) Tweet...