This morning we went to Nickelodeon Universe for the first time. NU is the new amusement park inside the Mall of America; it's been expanded since the days when it was Camp Snoopy ( Read more... )

As M gets to the age where he is more like a communicating human being rather than a baby, I have noticed something about the way men and older boys interact with younger boys ( Read more... )

Gastric brooding frogs raise their young in their stomachs http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/2006/publications/emerging/frogs/images/fig1.jpg

Unfortunately, it looks like they may be extinct. Leave a comment

The kids are taking a Monday morning class at Leonardo's Basement http://www.leonardosbasement.org/. This is one of the coolest places ever. You walk in the door, go down to the basement, and there is . . . well . . . stuff. Wheels, wood, metal, tools, feathers, cardboard, motors, ( Read more... )

Last night there was a spider party ( Read more... )

Many caterpillars are camouflauged very cleverly as bird poop ( Read more... )

Does being in charge of the household laundry mean that the person is also in charge of throwing away broken hangers in closets?

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I just dropped K off at a birthday party. Now, K is blessed with social skills. She is an extrovert, and plays equally well with boys and girls and kids of all ages. She's polite, and she picks up on body language and tone and the sorts of things that make social interaction easier. So even though she didn't know anyone except the birthday girl at ( Read more... )

I keep reading news stories where parents are criticized for leaving children alone at home, or letting them wander around the mall without an adult, or play in the neighborhood without parental supervision. And I'm confused about what I perceive to be big changes in this since my childhood ( Read more... )