Back to School
Back to school is so bitter sweet. My kids get back into routine which is what we thrive on and I get a break from them. Now two weeks in I miss summer, miss my kids and I am overwhelmed by what...
View ArticleChildren and Pets, and The Adults Who Love Them
Anghelika came home from the first day of preschool today, excited to have handed off zoo-keeper duties to a new dad. His job will include feeding crickets to two young frogs and a tarantula named Bob....
View ArticleQuittin’ Time
Even though we have grown kids, we can’t speak to every aspect of parenting with wisdom and calm. There are a few things we see in young parents that still perplex us, and have us looking back on our...
View ArticleGirlfriends
It has been a rough few weeks. Adjusting going back to school for myself and D. I think the tidal wave may be over for that one. We have adjusted to the new changes of first grade. To add to the plate...
View ArticleWhat We Say, What We Teach
We want our children to know our values. For example, we want them to hear our opinions about justice, peace, war, nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. But there are times when our opinions might not be...
View ArticleA Designed Life
A nugget from the Challenge Success lectures at Stanford University last weekend. The event was called, “Success By Design: Is It Possible?” Dave Evans, ex-tech leader and professor in Stanford’s...
View ArticleLong Lasting Lessons
Many of the first things we learned about childhood and parenting are lessons that still have meaning for us today, as we parent our near-adult children. Sure, in the beginning we learned things about...
View ArticleLily the Leopard Frog, RIP
Lily, July 2013 – October 8, 2014 Lily, beloved leopard frog of Sequoia Parents Nursery School, died quietly in the night last Wednesday. Lily was born at a classroom supply house and delivered to what...
View ArticleThe Body Parts Candy Platter: Happy Halloween
We have family friends that love halloween. For these families, this holiday is a time when children are free to run around in public, at night, dressed up as someone else. Ok, this part? Yeah, this is...
View ArticlePeek-a-Boo, and The Right Kind of Fright
The best of Halloween (if you measure the holiday by our actual practice, not it’s meaning) is dressing up as someone else, the theater of it all. But the theater is not all about the costume. Even if...
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