Thanks to amberley, a great Sci Am article about getting kids to motivate themselves with learning.

About four or five days ago, John and Tonya started calling around for campsites. They went as far as Wyoming and all the way out to the Western slope and found, practically, nothing. Not a single camp ground had two sites open for reservations. A few had first come first serve spots, but they were the ones that were the furthest out ( Read more... )

Last night, after my massage session, I came home to find five kids and two Dads all about to be fed. *grin* I'd managed to get a big pot of beef stew into the oven at lunch time, and it was plenty for everyone with a few packets of ramen to fill in and a big loaf of bread ( Read more... )

With the weather turning, all the neighborhood kids have demanded socks as is their right ( Read more... )