Counting Down December

This year, I thought I’d make the holiday celebrations more exciting for Mica and Rinoa by having them count down the days before Christmas and filling their December with holiday activities. I’ve never given much interest to Advent Calendars before but...

Happy Snow Day

We woke up this morning to find that everything outside is covered in snowy white. I guess it’s officially winter. Time for holiday gift wrapping, peppermint mochas, and snowball fights. Mica and Rinoa couldn’t wait to play outside. We started the morning...

Friday Art: Thanksgiving Pumpkins

I want to wrap up Fall before we enter into December by sharing Rinoa’s latest art work. We got the idea for this project here – a great place if you’re looking for art projects for kids. Happy Thanksgiving! “THANKSGIVING PUMPKINS” Oil...

Funnies, Part 2

“I thought it was called tempura paint.”       – Mica, on a discussion about tempera paints during Art class The following instances show how Mica needs to work on her definitions. Daddy and Mica during Chemistry class....

Funnies, Part 1

“I don’t like the color green because it’s the color of boogers – not the boogers you eat but the boogers that come out of your nose.”       – Rinoa, explaining why she doesn’t like the color green...