Sunday morning cartoons this past weekend included a 1969 version of “The Origin of Spiderman” en français (probably from this series, but I’m not sure). Husband and I tried to fill in the blanks created by the language barrier, but the one thing Kid took from the show is that Spiderman sewed his own costume. [...]
And thus began Kid’s immersion into evolution, a couple months ago in the car on the way to swim class. And I knew I’d love teaching Kid about evolution–it’s possible that Husband thinks I am too excited about it–but what I didn’t see coming is how much Kid loves it, too. Why? First, because there [...]
January 20, 2009 – 10:38 am
At this morning’s drop-off, the head of the school stuck his head out into the -12* weather to make sure I knew that the kids would get to watch the inauguration speech. “Not all of them will get it, but I think [Kid] will.”
Back at the home front, Kid and I decided that ice cream [...]
December 28, 2008 – 5:55 pm
Husband says that each holiday is my favorite, and there is some truth to that (except you, Valentine’s Day–drop dead!). But I especially like the New Year’s holiday, with all its promise to mark the passing of time, remember the good stuff and/or hope for a fresh start.
I would love to celebrate, but do you [...]
November 29, 2008 – 8:07 pm
It’s not Thanksgiving up here, and perhaps that’s for the best. I was so sick with a stomach virus that I had to cancel my undergrad class on Thursday, although my grad class could carry on without me. I have been various degrees of horizontal since Wednesday, and every time I feel better, I eat [...]
November 20, 2008 – 9:26 am
Education Week has a story out on research into young people’s use of the internet and how they process the ethics of life online. The study indicates that ethical decision making comes into play for kids these days much earlier than in previous generation, at least in part because of the pressures of online participation.
“Even [...]
October 17, 2008 – 7:04 pm
Husband and Kid are on the floor of the kitchen hallway, playing a game in which hockey cards are players and a penny is the puck:
Husband: I scored!
Kid: No, you didn’t.
Husband: Let’s check the computer.
(Husband and Kid each open pretend laptops to check the slow-motion replay)
Husband: The computer says it’s a goal!
Kid: My computer [...]
September 27, 2008 – 10:21 am
It is a mom’s dream. A new tiny dino has just been discovered. I present to you the Albertonykus borealis.*
It’s just the size of a chicken, and apparently it ate ants. So cute! Maybe next, they’ll discover a big-eyed, fuzzy dino. That would rock.
*Canadians always name their dinos patriotically.
