First Day of School

Yeah, well, we’ve got the daily schedule for regular days, but the first day of school apparently needs a little extra psyching up. Last year Henry chose to do this: And this year it was this:

Childhood desires

Henry: Eli, you can make three wishes. Eli: Ok. I wish to like riding my bicycle. Henry: Eli! That’s not a wish! Eli: What is a wish? Henry: A wish is something that you want to do in your life, something you want to happen. Eli: Ok. I wish to be a lobster...

1-2-3 Madagascar!

This week Henry is obsessed with Madagascar. I don’t know if he heard about the movie from the neighborhood posse, or where exactly this is coming from. Doesn’t really matter. He wanted to know about animals who live on Madagascar, so we found a website...

Perfect Picnic

Today is Henry’s last day of kindergarten. I’m really looking forward to having him home again, to having long leisurely days, and to having him have time to do all the elaborate art projects in his head (and to work on our summer jar, of course). And to...

Backyard aquarium

Henry has been learning about the ocean in school, and he is completely running with it, so to speak. He has been drawing and cutting out dozens of different ocean creatures, and telling us facts about each one. He drew a complex chart of the life cycle of a coral...