Year: 2014

Legos

Legos

The dirty little secret about Legos is how very many pieces there are to be cleaned up after building. And how very ugly the clean-up battle can become. I try to keep calm. I try to turn the clean-up battle into math talk from time to time. Here is how it played...

Midnight on clock face
Bedtime

Bedtime

In the thick of the holiday season last month, Griffin (9) turned his attention to the mythical midnight on New Year's Eve. Griffin (9 years old): Can we stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve? It is a nice touch that he includes his sister in this request. They...

Playlists

Playlists

Parenting is a tremendous amount of work. Within that work are beautiful moments of love and joy. For Tabitha and me, these moments often involve music. We had an impromptu dance party in the kitchen the other night that began with my putting on some music to do...