Eclectic Parent

We started off a little slowly on our 2nd day. The kids were thrilled that the hotel’s continental breakfast was glazed donuts. They were bouncing off the walls while we tried to pack!
Carlsbad Caverns is a huge set of numerous limestone caves. We did the easy self guided tour and it was […]

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We took off for our month long road trip this morning. Not quite like a herd of turtles but no early AM leaving either. The kids were so excited they skipped breakfast and sat in the car while we finished loading it and putting all the bikes on the carrier. Before we hit Tucson they […]

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D spent the week at Invention Camp. Had a blast learning about Newtonian physics, building Mars rovers, planning out ecologically sound cities, taking about electronics and planning prototypes of inventions. While he was at camp, C and B have been making quite a bit of art. And the parents have been trying to think of […]

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Today was my first time as a vendor for my books at teachers’ conference. D’s had invention camp since Monday. B and C have been up to grandma and papa’s on various nights. Grandma has been down. D had a sleepover with a friend. We’ve yet to begin packing for our 5 week road trip. […]

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It’s 101 degrees at 10:40 PM. Today was an inside kind of day. We’ve been trying to start getting ready to go on our trip; one week to go and we’ve yet to start packing. Getting ready is more like getting caught up on laundry, getting the house ready for someone to house sit and […]

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Grandma came down today, which is always fun. She watched the kids so we could go to an art exhibit at The Red Door Gallery in downtown Phoenix. BOLD (Birth On Labor Day) Phoenix, a coalition of organizations serving pregnant and birthing women in the greater Phoenix Area, planned an art exhibit featuring multi-media art […]

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Learning, and life itself, is all about making connections. Yesterday and today were game days again. Uno is great for matching colors and numbers, learning your numbers and strategy for the older kids. D and daddy played chess; they haven’t played in about a year and now C is old enough to start learning. He […]

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I found this little bit of coolness browsing bookbabies blog. That’s also the originator of the 6 word memoir tagging. Lots of fun over there. Flipbook, check it out. Mommy found it and made one to show everyone; now they all want a turn.

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So we’ve yet to post all about our big trip to San Fran and Sonoma. I like to wait until I have the pictures uploaded rather than going back but all my picture time has been spent working. So I’m just skipping ahead to introduce the idea of more travel, big travel, crazy travel.
About two […]

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Eeeek! My sidebar has gone all wanky (that’s a technical word) and in trying to fix it I’ve just discovered a repository of comments going back a few months. I am so sorry I never replied to any. I didn’t know they were there. If any of you are still out there, I’m going to […]

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