Tag: children
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Saying It Out Loud
This week I learned something new about myself. I learned that what I’m thinking in my head, when not explicitly told to those I love, is not necessarily known to those love ones. This seems like a very obviously point, but I often make this mistake. I think this could be that I…
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“Pink” College
(old post from 2007) Kate loves watching Blue’s Clues and especially one episode, “Steve goes to college”. So tonight, instead of reading she wanting me to tell her all about college. I used this perfect timing to tell her about learning and doing well in school. Kate: “Is there a pink college? I want to…
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C: Will I hate you when I’m a teenager?
The original post was in 2005 when C. was 5 years old. A few days ago, C asked “Dad, will I hate you as a teenager?” I was a bit caught off guard. I told C that it’s possible that when kids grow into their teenage years, their hormones could change, and they will be testing the…
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Flips and Jumps at Acrosports Gym in San Francico : My First Published And Paid Writing on Yahoo! Contributor Network
Yahoo! bought a company named Associated Content, which was recently changed to Yahoo! Contributor Network. I am the software architect on the backend content management system for Yahoo! Media and actively working with the engineer trying to integrate the great tools from Associated Content into the Yahoo! infrastructure. In order to truly understand the power…
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‘End’ Poem By C. 2010
Poem: ‘End’ My 9 Year Old Daughter’s Poem End “The beginning of the End” Sounds strange. How can an End have a beginning if it is an end? more haikus
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‘If’ Haiku From C 2010
Haiku: ‘If’ Haiku from my 9 year old daughter, C. If If you gotta use the kitchen, that’s just fine with me. If you wanna sit in the living room, help yourself to the sofa. If you gotta use the outhouse, Well… Once I get out, come in and use it. You gotta go bad?…
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‘Unless’ Haiku From C 2010
‘Unless’ Haiku My 9 Year Old Daughter’s Haiku Unless Roses red, larkspurs blue, Daisys white and this paper too. ( Unless you have dirty hands, that is!!! ) Boring (Haiku) more haikus
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‘Boring’ Haiku From C (2010)
Haiku: Boring Haiku by my 9 year old daughter C. Boring Boring,boring,boring,boring.That’s what this poem is.Boring…”Bor” Yawn… more haikus
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Javascript Animation : Teaching Kids Computer Programming Lesson #8
From the last session with C., we have a login screen. Now C. would like the little Yahoo! Messenger guy to bounce around. Click here to see the page in action She fired up TuxPaint and created a drawing of a spring We used Preview to copy it and rotate it into horizontal spring I started…
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Pink Lady Apple Popsicles (archive 2007)
Cate loves loves ice cream. In order to balance her craving against the saturated fats of ice cream, I make her popsicles out of strawberries, raspberries and apples. Her favorite is lady pink apple ones. 1) Take 6 lady pinks, wash and juice them 2) Take a cheese cloth and filter the juice 3 times…