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I’ve seen three people just today ask “What are you doing that’s working?” with regards to the kids being home. Here’s what’s more or less working here. Disclaimer: This is not meant to tell you what to do. Our situations might be entirely different. This is just what we’re doing that’s working (or that we … Read more
We didn’t have a printer. We ordered a printer. The description said it came without toner. (That did not make me happy.) We ordered toner. We ordered paper. The toner shipped. The paper shipped. Separately. The printer was out of stock and was cancelled. The paper arrived. The toner arrived. An email arrived, asking me … Read more
It turns out, most of the photos I took this week are head shots of The Kid, which I don’t want to share here. But I do have this one: The Climbing Daddy is a shopper. He has stuff stashed in a closet that he’s bought, and it’s been a good time to slowly roll … Read more
Here in Arizona, the governor recently announced that public school buildings are closed for the rest of this school year. (Schools aren’t closed; the buildings are closed.) Teachers and principals are still working. I’m sad for all of the kids and teachers and parents who had something in the fourth quarter to look forward to. … Read more
Taking photos is a good way to spend some time in normal times, and it’s been good in these weird times as well. I’m pleased to say that I’m fully in manual mode now and am getting many shots that look good. (And the ones that aren’t good are less often setting and more often … Read more
Kids work through stress and unfamiliar situations through play. (This is why play therapy is very effective with littles.) The last play date we had (two weeks ago?), the kids were playing “corona zombies.” Since play dates have ended, The Kid was playing a robber/spy game by himself where he had to steal and avoid … Read more
Well … I’ve done a lot of academic learning this week, with just a little photo-taking. But I’ve graduated to all photos being taken on manual mode, which is exciting and yields only marginally more failure than other not-fully-manual-but-not-point-and-shoot-either settings. Getting there! Here’s what I have to share with you, all from the yard or … Read more
Schools across the country are closing in an effort to help contain the pandemic. This post is intended as a living resource for parents and other caretakers for online learning resources for kids. They should all be free or temporarily free. I have not checked every one. If you find any of these to be … Read more
Joshua Tree! It’s such an amazing park! We’ve been so many times in recent years and I don’t get tired of it. We were there for just a couple of days. The last day, there was mist and fog and light rain (and not-so-light-rain) and I didn’t get photos of that (I don’t have rain … Read more
Half a year ago, we made plans to go camping in Joshua Tree National Park over spring break. Plans rounded out with two other families in three sites side-by-side. The Climbing Daddy, The Kid, and I have camped at Jumbo Rocks campground before, and the site we happened to be in had some great scrambling … Read more