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...

He is his father’s son

Julie: [finishing up a long, boring parental lecture] “…and that is why it is our responsibility, our duty, to keep our fish alive.” [pause] [pause] Henry: “Doody. Ha!”

Road Trip Stop #2: Camden Aquarium

After stopping for the night in Cranbury, New Jersey (motto: Farmland, with Random Office Parks in Between!), we wanted something to do in the morning before completing our way to Maryland. I did something I’ve never done before, and picked up a bunch of...

Children’s Book of the Week: Trout, Trout, Trout (A Fish Chant)

Trout, Trout, Trout (A Fish Chant) by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Trip Park I have a thing for rhyming books, I have a thing for silliness, and I have a thing for lush, colorful illustrations. Trout, Trout, Trout has all three. (I also have a thing for graphic,...