what’s in your peanut butter?
Today I opened a half-empty, sticky jar of peanut butter and I found 3 postage stamps. Not kidding.
what’s a joke?
My 4-year-old had me in tears recently.
Sitting at dinner, he said, “Dad, here’s the best joke in the world.” Now imagine he’s speaking with all the self-confidence in the world, and a big smile on his face. Ready for the joke?
“Is your house running?!”
Evidently he had heard the refrigerator joke somewhere. So hubby did a good job of trying to explain how this joke is supposed to work and why. To which our son responded, “Okay, Dad. Now here’s the best joke in the world.”
“Is your plate running?” [Huge smile. Very proud of himself.]
virtue/vice chart
This looks like an effective method for teaching the lingo of major virtues & vices!
our (cheap!) infant material
This is the only “Montessori” activity I wanted to make for our youngest child, modeled after this one. He does enjoy it!
my (cheap!) hundred board
This is the “hundred board” I made the other day out of a cardboard box! It works great, the packets of #’s fit into the top of the board. Sorry, the control chart picture turned out dark.
JP2 on “socialization”
“The family is the first and fundamental school of social living: as a community of love, it finds in self-giving the law that guides it and makes it grow. The self-giving that inspires the love of husband and wife for each other is the model and norm for the self-giving that must be practiced in relationships between brothers & sisters… And the communion and sharing that are part of everyday life in the home, at times of joy and at times of difficulty, are the most concrete and effective pedagogy for the active, responsible, and fruitful inclusion of children in the wider horizon of socity.”
JPII - Familiaris Consortio 37
