Encouraging Your Child’s Creativity: A Writing Exercise

Encouraging Your Child’s Creativity: A Writing Exercise

During our Valentine’s date last night, my 10-year-old daughter called to tell me that she was bored and had nothing to do. My mother hated to hear us say we were bored — a sure sign of a lack of imagination — and I share the sentiment. My husband told her to...
iHeartFaces Week 3 (2nd year): We Are Family

iHeartFaces Week 3 (2nd year): We Are Family

This week’s themes at iHeartFaces is “We Are Family” and the guest judge is Audrey Woulard. It is really difficult for us to get a family photo. Our oldest is away at college, and there’s no one to take a picture when he’s here. This one...
I’m a Guest Fan Judge for this Week’s iHeartFaces: Hilarious Outtakes!

I’m a Guest Fan Judge for this Week’s iHeartFaces: Hilarious Outtakes!

As a participant in the iHeartFaces weekly photo contests since the beginning, I am honored and thrilled to be a Guest Fan Judge for this year’s final contest, week 51: Hilarious Outtakes! The photos should be really crazy this week; I imagine my kids and I will...
A Child’s Brain is Like a Sponge: Don’t Discount the Memory Work

A Child’s Brain is Like a Sponge: Don’t Discount the Memory Work

If asked, I can quote the exact dictionary definition of hypothesis; a conversational dialogue from the first week of high school French; and the most difficult to pronounce sentence assigned to me in college Russian. Why? I had to memorize them. Young children have...
Wordless Wednesday: If You Give a Kid a Sharpie

Wordless Wednesday: If You Give a Kid a Sharpie

I’m a NAPP Evangelist (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) – see how this could benefit you! Visit 5 Minutes for Mom or Wordless Wednesday for more Wordless Wednesday participants. Are you a photographer with white balance problems? Check out the White...
Not Back-to-School Blog Hop: Student Photo Week

Not Back-to-School Blog Hop: Student Photo Week

In case you’ve missed it, Darcy has a really cool homeschool event going on every week in August: the Not Back-to-School Blog Hop! Each week has a new theme and place to link your post. I’ve missed the first two, curriculum and school rooms, but I’ll...

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