November 2011
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Some hilarious quotes of the kids of the preschool I shadow at three days a week (names have been changed):
ELLA: I’ve never been on an airplane before, but when I do, I’ll make sure I miss you a lot.
BEN: My mom’s at work fighting lots of fires in her firefighter outfit. (His mom is actually a businesswoman who flies to France all the time…)
JUSTIN: (when asked about...
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It was lots of fun being in Denver and seeing all my cousins and having Thanksgiving and the bar mitzvah + party. Definitely the biggest Thanksgiving I’ve ever had—over thirty people. Plus I got to rock it out at the party. My baby cousin Avi—not so much a baby anymore at 13 years old, I suppose—did a great job and we were all so proud. We also got to go to Red Rocks and...
I’m off today to Colorado for Thanksgiving week/end but also for my cousin’s bar mitzvah. Fun! I’m gonna dance my pants off, obvs. Particularly to Cotton-Eyed Joe and to whatever hyphy songs we demand the DJ play at the party. Honza and I are also going to try and hike a little in the Rockies with some of my cousins.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! What’s your favorite...
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Robber beats retreat after children offer savings →
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I’ve been really into the Swallows and Amazons series as of late. For those of you who don’t know the glory, it was a book series written for kids in the 1930’s and 40’s by a British writer named Arthur Ransome. The books involve treasure hunts, sailing, turf wars, boats, pirates, camping, hiking, survival skills and pretty much everything awesome under the sun that them...
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I find myself picturing all of history up to the 1950s as taking place in black and white and then I feel weirded out when I see color pictures, say, from World War Two. It just doesn’t seem real.
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WatchNot gonna lie, I still love Anastasia, and this is one of the best villain songs EVER
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goth children of the spanish prime minister with...
i kind of love it.
words in my life as of late:
sacred harp, linoleum block prints, yoga classes, new babies, friend reunions, challenging situations, playdoh, peppermint hot chocolate, day timers, hebrew children’s books, vitamin c hot tea
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Despite contracting conjunctivitis (alas, probably won’t be the last time for a while—-the dangers of working with small children) and today’s onset of rain, it’s been a pretty busy/good week. The little boy who I work with in the mornings played successfully with shaving cream today—woohoo! Okay, that sounds a little strange, but tactile activities can be difficult...
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