Channel Sam

6 September 2011 Glass Painters

Sep 7, 2011

4 September 2011 First Aid Kits

Sep 5, 2011

This time last year Sam was obsessed with the Narnia Chronicles. This year it’s science. Astronomy, Archaeology, Biology and especially the science of the human body. Since Sam reads on her own now, I have a harder time keeping track of what she reads, but she tells me that she’s exhausted the human body books in the …

1 September 2011 Magic Tree House

Sep 2, 2011

I sense the beginning of an obsession.

31 August 2011 Ancient Egyptian Sandals

Sep 1, 2011

…the way they would have been fashioned, of course, if the Ancient Egyptians had had cereal cardboard.

29 August 2011 Carschooling

Aug 29, 2011

27 August 2011 Playdate in California

Aug 28, 2011

I love technology. While Hurricane Irene mostly avoided central Virginia, Sam had a few minutes of “video playdate” with her oldest friend in the Bay Area. Sam and Meri have known each other since they were 1 year old, and even though they haven’t seen each other since they were 4 (sniff!) they enjoyed playing …

26 August 2011 Playdate

Aug 27, 2011

Doesn’t this look like the grand finale of some Icelandic Saga?

25 August 2011 Aftershocks

Aug 25, 2011

AC and I were awakened at 1AM by another quake– 4.5! Honestly, at this rate, we might as well move back to California.

24 August 2011 Not Back to School Picnic

Aug 24, 2011

There was very little picnicking, however, since the kids were much too busy discussing the parameters of their play. Sam later told me that it all hinged on who was the evil witch. Doesn’t it always?

22 August 2011 Bear Detectives

Aug 22, 2011

I asked what Emma and Molly were doing at the window. “They’re Bear Detectives,” said Sam. “What are they detecting?” “They’re looking for signs of animals!” This last word was pronounced “ANimals.” Imagine that Sam believes that I have asked the most inane question a mother ever asked. She all but said, “duh!” “What …