Author: Brent
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Jake and his Graham Crackers
I love putting Jake to bed. Sometimes Jake likes to go to bed, and sometimes he likes to assert his independence. Now everyone is aware that 2 year olds can be very opinionated, and they usually make their views quite clear vocally and in as dramatic a fashion as possible. (Tami thinks it’s quite refreshing…
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Been awhile
School is finally out for the summer. Actually it was out nearly 2 weeks ago, but I’ve been trying to recuperate and haven’t done anything in those 2 weeks. It’s been awhile since I last posted anything here (but I’ve been rather regular at posting pictures) and you’ll be pleased to note that you can…
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Laminate Flooring and. . . More pictures
A week ago we had my Dad come down and help us install some laminate flooring downstairs. It looks great and we really like it so far. We’ll see if we still like it months down the road though. I must say that there is definitely a sense of accomplishment after doing that. Actually, I…
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Latest pictures
It seems when I have an entry like this, I just say a quick blurb and then post the link/pictures that we have up… Well nothing’s going to change. This month hasn’t been very picture heavy with school acting up and whatnot. In 2 weeks we should have some pictures of our kitchen as we…
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More pictures! – February 2006
Some more pictures, located….
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New Pictures – January 2006
So we added some new pictures of the chilluns’. I don’t think that I’m in any of the shots. I’m just not nearly as photogenic as the rest of the family.
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Child Wrangling
The following took place between 9:00am and 10:00am: [10:00] Brent: what happened? [10:53] Tami: ok i’m here now [10:53] Tami: im going to play group but danny is still sleeping [10:53] Tami: so i’ll go late [10:53] Brent: what happened? More… [10:54] Tami: so i’d been trying to get both kids occupied at the same…
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The Socratic Method
I read something interesting on the web last night. This fellow used the Socratic Method to teach binary arithmetic to 3rd graders. He recounts the experience that he had and how he seemed to successfully engage the interest of the third graders in learning what I would say is fairly challenging material. Given the fact…