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science saturday

June 7th, 2011
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I was awakened the other day by my boy wanting to jump right into doing a handful of science experiments. I’m all for experiments and projects, but his eagerness and persistence was literally brought upon me as I rolled out of bed, and was all before my first cup of coffee! Luckily I was able [...]

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sometimes the best plans are having no plans at all

March 3rd, 2011
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A couple days ago Aidan and I went and explored the stars at the Adler Planetarium. It was a great day (with the exception that my hubby was not able to come with us). I have found that some of the best days are the ones in which we have no plans but just decide [...]

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reading ken robinson’s out of our minds

September 14th, 2010
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This past summer I read Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative by Ken Robinson. The cover of the book has been sitting in the “Good Reads” (formerly “Now Reading”) area of this blog for nearly a year, so I figured I should drop a few thoughts on the book and rotate the cover [...]

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