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O Nyan Nyan NyanOur 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 singalongTonight 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 heroismI 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 trickThis 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 videoMoomin 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 parentFor 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 GilgameshToday 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 SeoulThis 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 roseWe are still reading The Odyssey at bedtime, and since that just happened it's what I'll talk about! But here's the quick… »
Maker Faire is coming up!I'll be at Maker Faire this weekend and on Saturday afternoon will be at the Hardware Hacking Area, teaching people how to… »
Tag Archives: playing
Making up superheroes
Moomin had a lot to say today in the car on the way home from dance class, where they were learning the dance to “Thriller”. I asked him to tell me it all over again when we got home so … finish reading Making up superheroes
Overheard at the sleepover
This morning from Moomin and Hamster in unison, a song, overheard circa 7am: Row, row, row your poop Gently down the poop! Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Poop, poop poop, poop poop. ***INSANE GIGGLING*** And the other day… Moomin: Mom, let’s … finish reading Overheard at the sleepover
Super Evil Flying Pecker Beaver
When I’m working so well and so smoothly it pains me to stop for anything. I eat while working, and … I confess with the whole laptop wireless thing… I have been known to pee with laptop perched… I can … finish reading Super Evil Flying Pecker Beaver
playing animals
After an evening of staring at these thesis guidelines I turned to a nice hot bath and a relaxing book… Watership Down, which I nicked from my parents’ bookshelf. I was remembering how me and Bam Perry, a self-declared “cajun … finish reading playing animals
mayhem in the badgerhouse
Moomin and Hamster have been shooting imaginary things for a couple of hours. Just now I was weeding, contemplating the destructive, preserving, and creative forces of Life in the form of some henbit along my rock border… and overheard this: … finish reading mayhem in the badgerhouse