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