Tag Archives: play

Village Meeting — All are Welcome

I’ve been mentioning it here and there for over a month, but now we’re finally ready to unveil it, and begin. It’s going to be fun. It’s going to be informative. It’s going to be challenging. And it’s going to … Continue reading

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Something for Everyone

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What a whirlwind just living can be sometimes, huh? Since last I posted, I have been through such an interesting, pivotal, and delicious time that I could spend a couple thousand words just filling you in. But I’m not going to do … Continue reading

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The Middle One is 8!(!?)

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(Blink) WHOOOOOOOOSH That’s how fast the years seemed to have gone by. In fact, wasn’t I just yesterday writing the Seven post — now I am writing the 8th birthday post?! How does this time thing work anyway? One day, one … Continue reading

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Boredom Schmoredom (with Wood and Clay)

Can you guess what these are? Of course not, right? Well, they’re the Fimo People that Xi and Echo created the other day with the help of some unemployed wooden blocks they’d picked up from the living room floor. They’ve … Continue reading

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Boredom Schmoredom (with Architectural Beading)

Welcome back for another installment of Boredom Schmoredom! This time, we see what happens when kids use things in ways for which they were not intended. I’m celebrating this, in part, because I got in trouble so often for just this … Continue reading

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Let the Fun Begin!

This girl. When she comes in, the contours of the room bulge outward under the weight of her gigantic presence. When they know she’s coming for the weekend, or when it’s coming to the end of any length of time since they … Continue reading

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A Most Satisfying Blink

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Some of you may already be aware that we went to visit family in Santa Cruz for Easter this past week. And though it may well be considered poor form to wait until after the vacation to post any of … Continue reading

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Parentisms: Play is for Parents Too!

Today’s post is just a simple reminder. Play is good for our kids developmentally, cognitively, physically, and emotionally. It helps them grow, and assists them in experimenting with and discovering the nature of reality. It is actually more of a … Continue reading

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Plays Well with Others…

I’m eventually going to write a book (or at least a chapter of one) taking apart, limb by limb, the current idea of “socialization” as defined by making our children spend all day with 30 other kids their age and … Continue reading

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Other Things We do While Parenting

This link is to an article from January of 2010, when Natalie and I, getting ready to move out of our home for the already encroaching remodel, also did an art installation at our favorite café — with kids in … Continue reading

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… and Parenting in the Process…

In our family, parenting while in the process of moving frequently means not moving. At all. And though both Natalie and I are task-oriented enough to resist regularly (at least a little, and at least initially), we also have both … Continue reading

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The Big 1 0

Here she is folks. The new double digit daughter. We celebrated Bella’s birthday this week as our early-onset, month-long Yule celebration rolls on. And perhaps taking some cues from her slightly younger sister, Bella decided she was interested in a … Continue reading

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pt VII of: ‘Member When

Hey – ‘Member when Andy Warhol did that photo piece on Echo?   Not really. This is just what happens when Echo (model) and Natalie (photographer) are having exactly the right variety and amount of fun. Of course, the effort … Continue reading

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Boredom Schmoredom (the fashion magazine)

Our girls are wizards of the pretend world. They can take any miniscule piece of factual information, or scrap of a semi-functional prop, and turn it into the grandest story line of all time. Often the premise is quite simple … Continue reading

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When Sisters Marry

  Our girls share a very active fantasy life. There are dragons and faeries, princesses and princes, mermaids and mystics, and magic in the ether around them, folding into their daily lives and influencing them as they move from one … Continue reading

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