Eclectic Parent

Yup, I’m about a week behind posting. But just had to hop on to say that it’s cracking me up that my children have been glued to CNN for about 2 hours. In a yelling, leaping, chanting type way usually reserved for sporting events. Wohoo! Does going to rallies and learning about the electoral college […]

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In the evening, grandma and I took D to an Obama rally. Women for Obama sponsored a rally to turn Arizona blue. After some talking at the Arizona State University campus, we walked across the bridge over a major street carrying blue lights. It was an amazing blue river of over a thousand people. D […]

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Kids have been feeling very self directed lately. Yesterday they spent a great deal of time making comic books (which daddy is supposed to photograph).  C’s was about R2D2 while D made up his own superheroes.
Today the kids made political signs for the yard while I ate lunch. They did it all themselves and didn’t […]

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I haven’t been posting lately. Not on purpose, just not getting to it. I have thought during the day that I could write about but then in the evening just don’t get them typed. I recently discovered neither my thyroid nor my adrenal glands are working well. It’s the difference between tired and bone weary. […]

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About a month ago I had found Electoral Compass. It’s a political questionnaire that compares your answers to those of the major candidates for president to give you an idea where your ideas fall. Of course several weeks ago this made more sense considering there were still several candidates for each party. I email it […]

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Today is a great example of what can be done without a curriculum. So many people equate no curriculum with no learning, no plan with nothing getting accomplished. While it’s possible to say our kids are never learning, it is equally true to say they are always learning. We don’t feel that our children need […]

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We received a CD from a friend’s birthday party recently. It had some goodies and somethings I would have been happier never having played in this house (I now have a 2 yo walking around singing, “I’m a barbie girl, in a barbie world.”) One of the definite goodies was Girls Just Wanna Have Fun […]

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