So That I May Look Back And Remember Why I Was Always So Tired

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So That I May Look Back And Remember Why I Was Always So Tired

December 3, 2014 – 9:00 pm

October 23, 2013 “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” —Phyllis Diller

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Play

February 17, 2014 – 12:06 am

“Play is the work of the child.” – Maria Montessori

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Painting In Our PJs In the Morning

October 8, 2012 – 12:25 am

Sophie woke up wanting to “teach the boys how to paint.” She’s not the most patient of teachers. She also dislikes mixing colors. Although the pictures depict a rather lovely experience (and for awhile, it was), it did not end well. I suppose, for a more truthful depiction, I should take pictures across the spectrum. […]

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The Side Effects of Encouraging Creativity

September 18, 2012 – 9:39 pm

The kids decided to make a train. Clever and cute, right? They did this to the playroom in order to make it. “That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.” —Ivan Turgenev

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Our (Tiny) Playroom

June 9, 2012 – 11:17 pm

In addition to the three bedrooms and one bath on our second floor there is a small, maybe 8×10 room that the previous owners used as a walk-in closet. We live in a foursquare, which means our first floor consists of an entry, living room, dining room and kitchen. There’s no big finished basement. The […]

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