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Our Christmas tree is up on deck! It's our third Christmas on this houseboat. Last night we put the best ornament on top of the… »DNA singalong
Tonight Moomin showed me a bunch of YouTube videos with songs about DNA. His teacher had emailed last week to say that everyone… »Minor acts of heroism
I gave Moomin all the swag I brought him from GeekGirlCon, and after plowing through a big stack of comic books he got very… »Hula hooping lasso trick
This summer Moomin mastered hula hooping with two or three hoops. It looks so cool! I wish I could do it! Hooping in… »Dubstep pop and lock dance video
Moomin loved this video and I did too! The dancer is called Nonstop and is part of the group Remote Kontrol. He is amazingly… »The boring parent
For the past few weeks I've been injured and/or ill, and not the most entertaining parent. The most I was able to do was drive… »Reading Gilgamesh
Today I picked up Moomin and we went to the community center pool for the afternoon. I got a ton of work done while he messed… »Manatees and ponies in Seoul
This summer Moomin took two long trips with his dad, one to Korea where they went to Jeju island and Seoul to visit relatives,… »Dawn with her fingertips of rose
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The joy of PVC pipe: Marshmallow guns!
We made another Howtoons DIY project: Marshmallow Shooters out of bits of PVC pipe. It was so amazingly easy! First Moomin and I made a list of the PVC parts we’d need. At the hardware store, we got a few … finish reading The joy of PVC pipe: Marshmallow guns!
Ice cream in a bag!
Moomin and Rook made Howtoons Ice Cream tonight in a couple of heavy-duty ziplock bags. The cream and eggs and sugar were in a small bag locked inside a larger bag of ice and salt. So, they wore welding and … finish reading Ice cream in a bag!