Eclectic Parent

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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The kids have been into big words lately. It started, oddly enough, with an argument between them over panties versus underwear. Somehow that evolved to all clothing having been called garments at one time and that the stuff underneath was simply your under-garments. From garments, we got to spectacles. That one developed during a discussion […]

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So grandma’s camera is quite blurry but you can get an idea of volume. C loves bionicles (and legos and pretty much anything you build with). While the kids were up on their sleepover grandma and papa bid on a lot of 20 lbs of bionicles. C went up by himself for the weekend because […]

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So I knew we had a lot of games. Games can teach everything from taking turns to colors, counting to strategy, cooperation to losing gracefully. We’re rearranging our play room and just moved all the games. I hadn’t realized quite how many we had!
ABSeas
Alphabet Lotto
Ants in the Pants
Battleship
Brown Bear - Panda Bear, What Do You […]

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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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Home a day and the kids started getting out board games. Board games are fantastic. Two rounds of Honey Bee Tree (taking turns, guessing and counting) and one of Battleship (strategy and coordinates) yesterday. Today started with Payday (planning, money and math). B loves to e the banker. It’s easily adjusted. The boys figure out […]

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We don’t get to go on dates nearly as often as we’d like to; it’s difficult juggling three kids. But no matter how difficult, it’s important to get some one-on-one time. Important elements of a date - be spontaneous, cuddle, hold hands, make sure it’s a movie you both want to see, share dinner afterward […]

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Well, it was very last minute, but we headed up to Sedona last week. Got a very late start - part of the last minuteness of it - so we weren’t there long. Had a good time though. We ate a late lunch and then went to see some red. We wandered up one mountain […]

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So in posting last night that we hadn’t been up to much - or at least hadn’t posted much, not necessarily the same thing - I started to think of the things we have done. While getting out stuff for Halloween, we came across our black light and strobe light. Never one to miss an […]

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