Monthly Archives: December 2014

Christmas 2014

Posted on 2014/12/25 by circuskitchen

December 25, 2014 – Pictorial Review Amazingly this year, Christmas Day starts like this: Gavin does some reading, ClaraJane snuggling, Mom trapped under the cat.  Daddy wonders when we are going to get UP. Finally, the Stockings: Gavin finds a little … Continue reading →

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Miles’ Sleep Sac – A Christmas Miracle

Posted on 2014/12/22 by circuskitchen

Monday, December 22nd 2014 Getting is fun, but not as fun as GIVING.  So it looks like Christmas will be happening for me TODAY.  Somehow last night I managed to finish the ONE project that was most important to me … Continue reading →

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Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones

Posted on 2014/12/20 by circuskitchen

At the risk of overplaying the point, please allow me to step aside and make way for the Circus King himself, the great and incomparable Louis C.K.  (If you haven’t seen this one you are missing out.) Louis C.K. Hates … Continue reading →

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Stop Looking at Your Phones

Posted on 2014/12/19 by circuskitchen

Every week I work at a restaurant entertaining families during dinner for Kids Night.   Every week there are some families with devices out during and throughout the meal.   It is just as often parents ignoring their kids on … Continue reading →

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Ear Bead Episode

Posted on 2014/12/18 by circuskitchen

Thursday, December 18th 2014 OK remember Turkey Trot Day?  It was on Wednesday, November 26th.  (THREE weeks ago.) One lowlight that didn’t make it into the post about that day was when Gavin insisted on seeing the nurse to get … Continue reading →

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Five Dangerous Things YOU Should Do To Your Kid

Posted on 2014/12/18 by circuskitchen

FWIW (“For What It’s Worth”), from the Huffington Post:   “Five Dangerous Things YOU Should Do To Your Kid:“    [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/5-dangerous-things-parent_b_4562960.html] Nutshell: 1) Give Your Children Conditional Love 2) Don’t Praise Your Children 3) Let Your Children Fail 4) Let Your … Continue reading →

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Mom, I Popped Part of It Off!

Posted on 2014/12/17 by circuskitchen

Wednesday, December 17th 2014 ~6pm It’s like my kid can *smell* the spirit of my Adventure Play Parenting thrust. Bless him. After dialing in on the small hammer at our local hardware store (that has screwdrivers nested in its handle, … Continue reading →

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Five Dangerous Things Kids Should Do

Posted on 2014/12/17 by circuskitchen

Have you heard of Gever Tulley and the Tinkering School? Here is an amazing 4 mins on the types of Life Lessons kids derive from TINKERING:     MOREOVER, here is Gever Tulley’s TED Talk on 5 Dangerous Things Kids … Continue reading →

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Kids are Born Scientists: Get Out of Their Way

Posted on 2014/12/15 by circuskitchen

OK, THIS: Want Scientifically Literate Children? [2mins,9secs]: This is the most grumpy I’ve ever seen Neil deGrasse Tyson speak, but I appreciate his conviction. Here the same point articulated another way: Neil deGrasse Tyson and how Kids are Born Scientists … Continue reading →

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Cuteness Overload: ClaraJane and Fluff

Posted on 2014/12/10 by circuskitchen

Thursday, December 10th 2014 @2:25pm This just in. ClaraJane’s ride home from school today: ClaraJane and Fluff [28 seconds]:    [http://youtu.be/wDgT_mPGjnM] Correction:  I misquoted ClaraJane in this film.  Where the subtitle says, “A CJ little girl,” she informs me she in … Continue reading →

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