Archive for the ‘Kids Thinking Outside the Box’ category

Kids Thinking Outside the Box – Planning

January 4, 2012

My daughter’s classmate to his teacher: “My plans are unpredictable.” Perfect saying for a T-shirt.

Mini-Compress Weeds

June 8, 2011

“W” was the letter of the week in Darling Daughter’s class a few weeks ago.  You know what I wished?  That Mini-Compressor would compress the wascally weeds in our Behemoth Garden.  Right-click on behemoth weeds and voila… smaller weed no long takes over space where the strawberries are and I can dig it out easier.  [...]

Everything is Coming Up Cucumbers

May 21, 2011

Another adventure out of the basement – yay!  It’s that time of year in the Chamming garden… yup… planting time. First comes the planning process that I love best.  I carefully draw a not-to-scale “map” of the garden on the back for scrap paper.  It’s usually entitled “My Vegetable Garden”.  Chris laughs that it reminds [...]

Kids Thinking Outside the Box – Who to Invite to Your Birthday?

November 30, 2010

My 5 year old daughter is endlessly planning her birthday parties, even 11 months and 30 days in advance.  Her recent planning session focused on who she should invite.  After going over her list of friends she paused and then asked us “can I invite Santa Clause to my birthday?”


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