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Cross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. One of the things my children had requested when we were planning this summer’s activities was that they each wanted a week of their own to plan and execute. This week my eldest was in charge and he did a fantastic job! He had to work around the […]
Read More Camp Mama: 12-year old Activities DirectorCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. I know I said that cooking was a weekly goal of Camp Mama this year, but we thought we’d jump start the process with a week wherein the kids were responsible for lunch each day. Monday morning we gathered and let them make a menu, then after […]
Read More Camp Mama: Building and CookingCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. Last year Camp Mama saved our family from a summer of fighting over screen time and the contention that inevitably comes when they get their way and play too long. It saved us from the autumnal regret of a summer squandered. But best of all Camp Mama last […]
Read More Camp Mama: Ready or NotCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. I celebrated my birthday this year with a bunch of boys and a couple of robots. My husband thought I was crazy when I told him my plans, and my friends were surprised. Nevertheless it was my party and I was going to do what I wanted. As […]
Read More Camp Mama: Back to School Robot PartyCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. It’s the last week of summer for us in North Texas and we went out with a bang and a fizzle. How did we fill up an entire summer and leave so many things out? I guess summer is like vacations: you always want to leave something you didn’t do […]
Read More Camp Mama: RocketsCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. My oldest son has dreamed of being an engineer since he was four years old. To him and many children like him there is no greater goal, no more thrilling feat, than to create. Indeed, while we often think of our creative outlets as being artistic in nature, […]
Read More 5 Tips for Raising the Next Generation of MakersCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. This week could have alternately been called “I have Pinterest so I think I can do anything.” Unfortunately, instead of learning my lesson I learned that with the power of the internet I can really do almost anything. Delusions of grandeur beware. This week was a success, but […]
Read More Camp Mama: RoboticsCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. It’s complicated. You can accuse me of sheltering my children too much, and that would be fair, but last week I finally opened up to my children the discussion had on a national scale. It wasn’t easy, and it started haltingly. Our country is deeply troubled. Our people […]
Read More Talking to Children About the NewsIt finally came close enough to home last night that this morning I started the dialogue with my children. And yet I feel guilty that I waited this long, that I waited until it was personal to us. It’s been personal to other people, it’s been just as important, just as upsetting, just as scary, […]
Read More DallasCross-posted by Cherry Blossoms The Blog. Both of my boys have been thumb suckers although neither started their earthly life doing so. Red has given up the habit but Blue continues to suck his thumb despite what he said last January about stopping this year. I’ll admit that I enjoy the stopping-sucking-thumb process about […]
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