Monthly Archives: August 2007
Dog days of summer
So it’s hot. August hot. Arizona hot. Makes you want to lay around in the air conditioning and do nothing. But we’ve got kids, which means doing nothing is out. And we have a new dog, which means staying indoors is out as well. She needs to romp and burn energy; she needs to go … Continue reading
Life with a baby
So after getting the last of our children out of diapers a few months ago, we get a puppy. We haven’t had a dog since college. I hadn’t realized at the time how much a puppy was like a toddler. The first night we were up every two hours to take her outside. She was … Continue reading
Ramblings of a 2 yo
Once upon a time there was a dragon. A red one, and a pink one and a purple one. And there were two birds. In the tiki tiki room. They flew away because there was an enormous dragon and the daddy flew up in the air too and the kids flew up in the air … Continue reading
here comes . . . . Tara
So we’ve been talking about getting a dog. We’ve gone back and forth – love dogs, they’re lots of fun but they are a lot of work and hard to have if you travel. We finally decided we’d get a dog when we got back from our trip to Mexico this winter IF D could … Continue reading
We finally made it (DBG)
We’ve been meaning to go to a flashlight tour at the Desert Botanical Gardens all summer. They only do them in July and August, and only on Thursdays and Saturdays. Well gymnastics rules out Thursday nights so that halves the opportunities, but what’s really gotten us is that they now require confirmed reservations. Meaning you … Continue reading
Been a while
It’s been a while since we went to the Arizona Science Center. We arrived just in time to see the 3D deep sea movie. We got to wear the really sweet giant glasses, how often do we get to do that? The kids thought it was great. Little fish and big fish floating right there … Continue reading
A trip to the teacher’s supply store
Some unschooly type people would be horrified at using actual teaching supplies at home. I understand the belief that they can learn more about animals from a trip to the zoo or raising a pet than by filling out a worksheet. But I’m not so hard core that I don’t recognize that there are some … Continue reading
