Posts Tagged ‘kids’

change in construction project plans…

Quite awhile back I talked about expanding my kids’ clubhouse… which didn’t work out that way. Initally I changed plans to build a separate treehouse, but then it became too big.
So, a few weeks back I decided to just make a small one and a friend provided some leftover wood… and here’s the result:

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what a beautiful day

Many people have commented to me over the past few months ‘how hard it must be not to drive.’ At first I really didn’t know what to say; then later it started getting a bit on the annoying side to hear this repeatedly. Not to say there were not plenty of challenges over the past [...]

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Kids: free play and their imagination

While driving in this morning, I was listening to NPR and heard a segment talking the Mickey Mouse show that first aired something like 50 years ago, and how they figure that moment and everything after it has changed lives of children and how they play. Clearly, I’m leaving out a lot of details but [...]

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Chuck E Cheese and cameras

My father-in-law is in town for a few days. Every time my in-laws are visiting, they always want to take the kids to Chuck E Cheese – pretty usual stuff. But… have you ever noticed how many parents are there with cameras taking pictures of their kids? I didn’t really think about it much until [...]

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5 dangerous things to let your kids do…

Video here – from a guy who runs the Tinkering School. I don’t know about you, but you’d probably only consider a bunch of this stuff if you have ever heard of MAKE, wouldn’t you?
Still, made me think about taking apart a laptop I recently got from Richmond Freecycle with my kids and letting them [...]

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