The Call: Little Drummer Boy — Jessica Tommy started out playing the drums on his brothers’ Beatles Rock Band playstation game. Then he graduated to an electronic kit that we had set up in our bedroom. (Yeah, I know, don’t ask, you don’t want to know!) Finally, he insisted that he wanted a real drum […]
The Call: Cast of Characters — Cheryl When I was growing up, my favorite aunt was an Avon lady. She kept my sister and me in cute accessories like these. The Response: Big Box of Legos — Jessica Legos are not accessories. They are necessities.
The Call: The Battle Begins — Cheryl This angle doesn’t really convey the number of hobbits, orcs, uruk-hai, dwarves, elves, wargs, spiders and ring wraiths involved in this impending clash, but it seems that Jack has envisioned a miniature Middle Earth battle of epic proportions. The Response: Visual Shapes — Jessica While it’s not always […]
The Call: Pixie — Jessica Pixie, my daughter’s cavalier spaniel, lies on her lap while she finishes reading her school work. My dear old dog, most constant of all friends. —William Croswell Doane Response: The Family that Plays Together … — Cheryl I’m very thankful that my kids are friends as much as they are […]
The Call: Legos are Everywhere — Cheryl My house is bursting with evidence that children live here. The Response: Toys — Jessica With lots of children, come lots of toys — round every bend, under every footstep.
The Call: Near the Water’s Edge — Cheryl There was the huge tree asleep yet in the paling moonlight, and small and hopeful Sylvia began with utmost bravery to mount to the top of it, with tingling, eager blood coursing the channels of her whole frame, with her bare feet and fingers, that pinched and […]
The Call: The Green Screen — Jessica My eight-year old son has been playing with stop-motion animation. Thanks to a great little app on his Nintendo DS, he has a made a few “shorts” of his lego Star Wars figures battling aliens and crashing their ships. He asked me if he used a green screen […]
The Call: The Lego Lesson — Jessica What better mentor is there than an older brother? Response: Drawing Baby Animals — Cheryl Being guided by a mentor is a very effective way of becoming educated. Thomas Jefferson’s mentor was George Wythe, Michael Phelps is mentored by Coach Bob Bowman, and my son Luke has learned […]
The Call: Messy Room — Cheryl There are so many things I could write about the word “aggravating,” but I’m sure I’m not alone in this. The trick, I think, is being able to let it go. In fact, I’d have to say that letting the little things slide is how I manage to stay […]