Peering through the looking glass.The great state of California.Amazing relics.Some hands on activities.So much to see and ponder.In the chapel, as it was back then.
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Peering through the looking glass.The great state of California.Amazing relics.Some hands on activities.So much to see and ponder.In the chapel, as it was back then.
A field trip to Leo Carrillo Beach to see the tide pools.
A treasure trove of animal signs to investigate.
My 17 year old decided to cook dinner for his girlfriend for Valentine's Day--this is what I found out in my garden. I guess he learned how to be quite self sufficient along the way, let alone how to cook, entertain and be considerate. I have' [...] Our next field trip to the California Science Center, this February! I can hardly wait! This time we plan to pack a picnic lunch for before the film, rather than lunch in the cafe.
[...]Another field trip to the Science Center; and another great family film night recommendation. This one, however, was more 3D-jumping-out-at-you than the first... something the kids loved, the parents tolerated LOL
[...]Amazing film! One definitely worth seeing and discussing with your child(ren.) My then 8 year old was mesmerized and inspired by it as part of our California Science Center field trip.
Of course, being on the Imax big screen makes it all the more vivid and impressive. I highly recommend [...]
So D has decided he wants an "ID" card. Considering that five of his six siblings have drivers licenses, this seems logical. They all have little cards to pull out of their wallets with pictures and personal information. And for a child who has long struggled [...] 
It's neat to see that D's penmanship has taken on a personality all its own. It has style and character, a new development to the rudimentary symbols that dominated his efforts before. [...] 
D and Ronnie! Boy, he is tall and handsome, almost like a movie star.
Rob took a gift card he got from his grandmother and purchased three posters on-line. One of Tupac Shakur, one of Vincent Van Gough's Cafe' Terrace, and another that has yet to arrive. These were choices he made on his own.
D took a field trip with his Montessori class to the local library. He had already discovered and explored our local library, even teaching himself the Dewey Decimal System. This newer and bigger library was great fun, and one of the benefits were these great [...] 
Amazing how far up you can reach with an apple picker!
After 21 months of presidential campaigning, D and I decided to wrap up the event with a day at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library when we finished at the polling booth. I wasn't so sure he would be that taken with the place as I' [...] Although I do not support our invasion of Iraq, I do support our troops. In fact, there is nobody I respect more than our military men and women, and there is nothing I could be prouder of being than that of an American... and that is what lies in the [...]
This is the area behind our home; D's stomping grounds. In spring and early summer it is quite green and lush and there is even a large, deep pond back there, in which we caught many frogs. Come the end of summer and it all' [...] 
A little birdie D and his buddies found down the road. D of course adopted him and them had to teach him how to eat; luckily I had a large supply of blueberries and a shoe box!
BusRadio, which hopes to “take targeted student marketing to the next level” by forcing children to listen to its commercialized radio broadcasts on school buses, is advertising 90210 to children as young as six. BusRadio.com – the company's website for students that is promoted throughout [...]
The adult ought never to mold the child after himself, but should leave him alone and work always from the deepest comprehension of the child himself.
~Marie Montessori
With the current economic situation here in the US so much has been put on hold or cut back. I cannot even beginning to tell you what a restless summer we have had; but today, after much thinking and looking into, my husband and I decided on a small weekend [...]
