-1- About a year ago one of our neighbors, an avid coin collector, gave Gerrick a whole bunch of stuff to get him started with coin collecting. Gerrick has enjoyed this, especially adding to hi...
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-1- -2- More LEGO: Anakins Jedi Interceptor -3- I downloaded a free app to the iPod this week: Arithmetic Invaders Express: Grade K-2 Math Facts. At first he didnt like it, but I encouraged him to gi...
Today was enjoyed with friends at the Nashville Zoo. We saw most of the usual exhibits, including the gibbons, the alligators, the flamingos, the lorikeets and more. We also got to explor...
What did you see the last time you came to the end of a road, where the sidewalk ends? Those are some of the best places for exploring, you know. You never know what youll find! This post will...
-1- Last Sunday, Gerrick bought, built, and played with the LEGO Droid Escape kit. He and his daddy also built and played with an original battle arena: -2- Early in the week, he built a lava pit (bl...
Weve joined Delta Sun Farms CSA program. This morning, Gerrick and I went to visit the farm and pick up our food. "Ill never eat pork chops again." "I can still eat chicken.&#...
We went exploring in the creek that runs along the edge of our neighborhood today. "I always knew one day Id find treasure in this creek!" (He was so excited to find a nasty leather coin pouc...
-1- Last Sunday, Gerrick bought and built the LEGO X-Wing Starfighter. (He only asked for help with the stickers.) Throughout the week, he continued with his online research concerning which kit to b...
Fun times at Bledsoes Fort Fifth Annual Colonial Fair: Virginia Reel A French Lace Merchant
My blogging break has been refreshing and now Im excited to hop back into things by joining Winging Its "Seven Snippets from Unschooling". This is a weekly meme for unschoolers and rela...
I have gotten a few reader questions via email. I am terrible at replying to emails. Really, really terrible. So I thought I would gather up some of them and answer here, just in case anyone else was...
Earlier this week we met some friends at Dragon Park for egg hunting, face painting, tree climbing, and general squirrely fun. Happy Easter!
We enjoyed spending today with good friends, exploring a beautiful piece of private property here in Middle Tennessee. Happy Spring Adventures!
We love Cheekwood Botanical Garden! --mating frogs--
This Nexxus Sphinx (aka hummingbird moth or hawk moth) was observed sipping nectar from the carpet phlox around our patio today.
2012-13 (I know this is early planning and things will probably change a lot, but it does gives me six months to leisurely peruse the shelves of my local used bookstores with a copy of this page in h...
Breakfasting. Cleaning and computer time (me). Litter box cleaning and playing (gerrick). (While making a book related to his Indiana Jones-inspired play, he asked me about Roman nu...
This evening Gerrick and I went on a group tour of the Olive & Sinclair Chocolate Company, a bean-to-bar chocolate maker in Nashville. The tour lasted about 45 minutes and even included samples! ...
Weve seen a red fox from our windows twice this winter. Weve wondered if it was the same one we saw last year. Today we decided to go on a fox hunt to see if we could see any signs of him in the fiel...
Sellars Farm --chickweed-- --gall in which a bird has pecked a hole in order to reach the insect-- --Hickory bud-- --vine-damaged trees-- --an empty moth cocoon-- --American Beech-- --American Beech ...
Radnor Lake
Lately Gerrick hasnt been wanting me to take many pictures of him or his things. He has specifically said on numerous occasions, "Dont put that on the blog." He didnt want me to t...
Hanging out with friends at The Frist is a great way to spend a Monday-- even better when there happens to be an Ancient Egypt exhibit!
I have been surprised by how much Gerrick has enjoyed Activity Villages 2011 Advent Calendar. He has asked to print the buildings daily. Even days that we havent been home, hes worked on them before ...
This may be the best thing I have ever done. Gerrick makes things all over the house: playroom, bedroom, kitchen, living room, garage, back porch... He was forever getting angry bec...
We went for a short walk at a local park today.
Gerrick spent two days on this drawing for a special friend. I think she really liked it. ♥ ♥ ♥
Share some of your familys November nature connections with us! Your link(s) must include at least one photo related to child(ren) and the outdoors in November. Please adhere to this simple guideline...
When Gerrick was a toddler, I was inspired by Jim Trelease in The Read Aloud Handbook to hang rain gutter bookshelves in our apartment. We loved them! Weve lived in this house...
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