Eclectic Parent

Summer - and heat - is finally here. Well, heat’s been coming for a while. We spent the last few weeks having water balloon fights and playing on the slip n’ slide and eating tons of frozen juice popsicles. We’re trying to keep busy, and mainly inside, for the summer. But this last week had […]

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They started playing a game last week where they would hum and song and then have the others guess what it was. I showed them how we could do it on the with the ipod hooked to the stereo. So that’s what we’ve been doing in the car lately. I’m surprised how many song titles […]

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After years of growing their hair out, wanting it long and shagging and only wanting trims, the boys decided to get haircuts today. B went for a bang trim (and wanted a picture just to show the rest of her hair), while D and C took off inches and inches of hair. Long as everyone’s […]

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Well, first of all, the combination of tickling someone squirmy and a laptop keyboard doesn’t always work out for the best. So if my typing gets a bit…lackadaisical, it may be because I’m missing one of my shift keys and too lazy to reach over and use the other.
The interest in big words diminished but […]

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So today was an odd celebration of spring. Lots of normal warm weather stuff: riding bikes, playing in sprinklers, having friends over. But the biggest squeals of joy were over…peep jousting. Daddy heard about it and decided to try. Didn’t know it would be quite as much of a hit as it was though. Take […]

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So in a nontraditional move, which is fairly traditional for us, we welcomed in spring by having a rave. Yup, a rave. After finding a box of Halloween decorations in the garage - still unpacking from the move - we decided to actually have the dance party we’ve always said would be fun but had […]

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Ever since the first viewing of the trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief, D has desperately wanted to see the movie. After hearing about it for weeks, C jumped on board. I finally found a copy at our used bookstore because I try to get them to read - or listen […]

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Finally got the pictures uploaded. Halloween was the usual candy filled fun. Had a party the day before with our homeschool group and then went trick-or-treating on Saturday. Kids had a blast. Boys decided to wear the same costumes as last year because they’d outgrow them soon and B whipped together a quick cowgirl outfit […]

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After spending Saturday at ASU’s Earth and Science Exploration Day, we headed to the Arizona Science Center today. The kids enjoyed the robot exhibit and spent a lot of time with pulleys and counterbalances. The liquid nitrogen demonstration is always a big hit and this time we saw the fire demonstration as well. I think […]

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I do wish everyone would spread events throughout the year. It’s bad enough that it’s so hot here during the summer, but nothing goes on either. Then every event and activity gets crammed into the cool months when we should be outside.
Today’s choices were Boo at the Zoo (Halloween event at the Phoenix Zoo), the […]

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