Silly Kids, Funny Glasses

May 02 2012

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In Photographs

April 25 2012

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I am participating in Momalom’s Five for Five. Today’s topic is on Pictures.

My mother has an album, big and heavy. Spanning years of decades. Polaroids and crinkled corners of film printed pictures from a long time ago of her and my dad before children, then of all of us after. As a little girl, I used to love to study the look of each photograph looking back at me.

My pictures are not as organized. They sit insecurely in envelopes and boxes. Sometimes in a frame lining the wall. Mostly digital, a chaos of folders. Levels of pixelation marking the years like a growth chart as technology advanced. But while the medium is different, the sentiment remains the same.

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Missing in Action

April 18 2012

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My son’s action figures have all lost their heads, and various other body parts.

It’s a sad bunch.

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Chalk it up to Spring

March 14 2012

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Capacity

March 07 2012

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Recently, Jedi had a homework assignment on capacity. Which is how much an object can hold. He brought home a small cup and was supposed to guess how many of those cups of liquid filled each item, then measure.

First, he filled a medium sized mixing bowl. He guessed that 8 cups of water would fill it, and of course it had to be to the very brim. It really took 18.

Then, he did the same with a 2 quart saucepan. His guesstimate fell around 15 cups of water. It took 23. And a half. I was impressed with how little mess Jedi caused with this project, but then I spilled water everywhere trying to empty it back in the sink.

The kids, however, were enthralled.

It’s like this little house. It would be hard to guess how much it would take to fill. But we are brimming at capacity with the four of us, sometimes spilling over. And I am eternally enthralled.

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