Politician-ing the environment

Here is a “funny” from this afternoon: We were discussing environments in science today.  Hannah piped up, “You shouldn’t politician the environment.”  I smiled and explained that a politician is someone who works in government and the word she wanted was “pollute” which means to make something dirty or mess it up.  “Well,” she said,… Continue Reading Politician-ing the environment

Dandelion’s Great Escape

So far, our time with Peter away has gone fairly smoothly.  Yesterday we had a lazy day at home, reading, doing puzzles, playing games and then the children did some painting in the afternoon.  Last night, Joel’s bear-bear disappeared (again!) and we could not find him despite extensive hunting!  Joel took awhile to fall asleep… Continue Reading Dandelion’s Great Escape

Off to Germany

Tomorrow I’m heading over to Germany to join the OM new recruits conference.  I haven’t heard how many there are, but it will be good to participate in the January conference for the first time.  I speak at least once every day from Saturday until Tuesday.  If I can get online I will try to… Continue Reading Off to Germany