http://reverendmother.org Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:20:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just one of the many sites we will explore with our children this weekend. Looking forward to being with family and experiencing a lush and humid 75 degrees with sunny skies. See you in a few days. http://reverendmother.org/2010-03-11/on-the-road-again J was home sick yet again, though we now have a diagnosis of ear infection. R spent the morning with him so I could accomplish at least a few things, but they were little things. In that spirit: three little things I would like to remember today. 1. On the way ... http://reverendmother.org/2010-03-10/three-for-thursday-2 I just finished Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project, which is a pretty neat read, if you like that kind of book, and I do. A lot of the content is on her blog but I liked the coherence of the book format. A few interesting or surprising tidbits: -Happiness and personal ... http://reverendmother.org/2010-03-06/happiness-and-other-books-plus-kid-updates That's "Poem to Prime the Pump" --- lots of writing to do this afternoon. for sweet baby j tower a wooden square on the bottom, two or three teetering rectangles, and something fancy on top: the block with the bell inside it, or the clear plexiglass pyramid. it doesn't really matter, it's all crumbling down as the stout ... http://reverendmother.org/2010-03-04/ppp So I've been preaching weekly for about four months now, and I've been thinking lately about how the process is different. It's mostly been as I expected. I enjoy it. Love it, even. Sunday is relentless though, and I cope with this by borrowing that old William Stafford thing I've ... http://reverendmother.org/2010-03-03/preaching-weekly-v-monthly I've been worried about and mystified by C lately. It's hard to explain, but she hasn't been herself. Or she has been herself, just more so. C, intensified. She is naturally a very competent and controlled person. Lately this has veered into outright anxiety. R and I have a code, "Knock-knock," ... http://reverendmother.org/2010-03-01/my-wannabe-harriet-the-spy Some days are like that... Earlier today I posted these little tidbits on FB: C, upon entering the pool for her lesson: "[breathing deeply] I just LOVE that smell!" Yep, she's a swimmer. I let M go to the water fountain in Costco by herself while I was checking out. She was ... http://reverendmother.org/2010-02-27/like-being-nibbled-to-death-by-ducks It's National Procrastination Week (who comes up with these things?), and in honor of people like me who like to celebrate NPW all year long, here's a good article. http://reverendmother.org/2010-02-25/aside-procrastination We had a nice weekend. After C's swimming lessons on Saturday, we put on all the snow clothes one last time and headed to Suburban Lake Park, just to see what conditions were like. R and I decided not to wear snow pants, though we took several up-to-our-knee footsteps in ... http://reverendmother.org/2010-02-22/weekend-installation-and-the-ministry-of-disney That's the title of the flyer I got at the ped yesterday. It's frighteningly accurate: During the 4th year (actually this is her 5th year, but it's a common mistake) your child: --resents being told what to do and thinks she knows everything --may be stubborn and more difficult than age 3 --runs around ... http://reverendmother.org/2010-02-19/your-amazing-4-year-old