This week, Miles received his first major school assignment. He was, with us (the directions made no secret of the need for parental "assistance"), to create a building of any sort to wrap up his class's current unit. Receiving these directions on Tuesday wasn't particularly helpful as far as I was concerned, since my evenings … Continue reading Year 5, Day 280: Baby’s First School Project!
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Year 5, Day 252
Our regularly-scheduled Family Movie Night got punted this week, as Miles needed to finish decorating a lantern for his German School's impending lantern festival tomorrow. He spent a lot of time coloring...the inside of it (I tried to tell him), but this didn't bother him because the part he was most excited about was gluing … Continue reading Year 5, Day 252
Year 3, Day 236
Miles is in full Halloween (and occasionally Easter) mode right now, and we continued to celebrate the season with a small family project this evening, building a haunted gingerbread house. Here's Miles moments before being told that we were BUILDING the house, not EATING the pieces. ...and here he is after. I took care of … Continue reading Year 3, Day 236
Year 3, Day 96
Miles got suspiciously quiet for a few minutes this afternoon. I soon discovered that he had been hard at work on an art installation.
Year 2, Day 225
Miles has brought a few art projects home from school at this point, but today's was the first one he was visibly proud of. He held it up for me when I arrived at daycare tonight, and I asked him what it was. "Apple!" he replied, pointing at the colored cutouts affixed to the paper. … Continue reading Year 2, Day 225
The Perils (& Pride) of Paternity 