Activities
Manualidades, or My First Visit to a Craft Store in Mexico
I’ve been to Mexico several times and I’ve seen many things including stunning natural areas, cemeteries, lots of malls, and more restaurants than I can count, but … continue reading
Playing Games (in Spanish)
It’s all kind of a game, or maybe a dance, trying to get my son interested in and motivated to do things in Spanish. During … continue reading
Six Silly Books with a Six-Year-Old
Here are Paolo’s top six, silly picture books. There are other book lists out there, yes, but these six books come highly recommended and approved, by Paolo … continue reading
Tell Me About Your Day Bonus
Musician and friend, Kurt Gunn, had some fun and imaginative ways to get boys to talk about their school day. I thought they were so … continue reading
Six Things to Do with Your Kids While Waiting at the Pharmacy (or anywhere else)
These are P approved activities that we do while we wait for prescriptions to be filled. He’s gotten so good at this imaginative time filling … continue reading
Six Things with a Six-Year Old
I’m starting a new series of posts covering all sorts of things that are “Paolo Approved”; books, entertainment, crafts, you name it. Keep your eyes peeled for … continue reading
My Little Red Sanyo (Or How to Interview Your Child)
As kids, my friends and I recorded ourselves on our old cassette players and boomboxes. Sometimes just talking to each other, sometimes singing, sometimes recording each … continue reading
Moonlighting
Due to circumstances beyond my control….yep, sounds as lame as I thought it would. I haven’t been posting much, but to hold you over here’s … continue reading
Welcome to the (crafty) dark side, son.
It’s been a week of crafty firsts for our family. File this under “Stuff that makes me giddy”. It absolutely tickled me when Paolo showed … continue reading