Monthly Archives: July 2010

It’s Lego Week Apparently

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

Somehow we’ve stumbled into having a very Lego-centric week.  First, over the weekend, we got ourselves over to the National Building Museum’s exhibit about architecture and Legos.  I’m still a little dubious about the price tag involved, but I think … Continue reading →

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Boys and Books

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

It feels like there are a lot of conversations going on out in the blogosphere about boys and books in the last couple of weeks.  Over at The Diamond in the Window, a question about boy and girl who needed … Continue reading →

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Jawbreakers!

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

This wonderful book led BalletBoy to talk almost incessantly about jawbreakers for the last two months.  Finally, yesterday, we found a proper candy store and got one… I just love it when a book inspires one of my kids to … Continue reading →

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Girl Psychic

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

Continuing in my quest to read more local DC authors, I turned to Jennifer Allison’s Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator, the first in a series of middle grades novels.  Gilda is a 13 year old girl who worms her way into spending … Continue reading →

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Schedule, What Schedule?

Posted on July 26, 2010 by

I like reading homeschool blogs and homeschool forums.  If you’re reading this, there’s a decent chance you do too!  Right now, it seems like everyone’s gearing up for the school year, posting about colorful schedules and lists of curricula.  Um, … Continue reading →

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Lunch Appreciation

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Hats off to any school parents reading out there.  I say this because I have read about how hard it is to make lunch every day for your kids, but it’s only when summer camp rolls around and I actually … Continue reading →

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Five Read Alouds

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

We are currently making our way through Cornelia Funke’s epic Dragonrider as our read aloud bedtime book.  It’s a bit long and we keep getting distracted by reading shorter books.  However, the kids are really enjoying it.  We’ve probably read at … Continue reading →

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A Girl and her Sport

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

Thanks to the recommendations of one of my terrific writing groups, I recently tore my way through Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s YA novel Dairy Queen and its sequels, The Off Season and Front and Center.  All three books follow DJ Schwenk, a … Continue reading →

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Girl in the City

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

As a kid, I grew up reading books like Harriet the Spy and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Being a country girl, I thought New York sounded like one amazing place to grow up.  The idea that there were … Continue reading →

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Summer Camp Time

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

You may have noticed I’ve been a little extra wordy lately.  It’s probably a byproduct of the kids being in summer camp all day for two weeks.  I know some school parents experience a happy moment in the fall when … Continue reading →

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