Category Archives: Duendesday

{a day to check in with an almost 10 yr old’s doings} And what could be better than new chick day? Not much around here. 17 happy healthy little kooky chicks arrive in a little cozy box at the Post Office, ready for pick up at 6:30am (I’m sure they can’t stand to have themContinue reading “Duendesday!”

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} Any good birthday ideas? She’s feeling the pinch – she wants this year to be a big year (aren’t they all? but yes, 10, though not a cycle-year, is still a big year) and because she can’t have a party we’re hoping to makeContinue reading “Duendesday”

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} Hot lazy days right now, for an almost 10-year-old. Sure, she has a list of chores she likes shirk – like watering plants, hanging (or taking down) the laundry on the line, the dishwasher, the cat box…but they all get done eventually. But theContinue reading “Duendesday”

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} Another typical day for this sunshine kid – cold homemade cheese and black olive pizza for breakfast, maybe a little Odd Squad or Wild Kratts, then some chores; clean the litter box, open the cold frame/water plants, hang laundry, and then a lot ofContinue reading “Duendesday”

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} Secret code love notes, scavenger hunts, sewing babydoll clothes (and repairing home clothes), shaping/baking her own bagels, growing Mexican gherkins, morning glories, and catnip, weeding strawberry beds, official laundry line hanger, seed-bomb making (to shoot with her wooden slingshot – thanks Ian!), new manualContinue reading “Duendesday!”

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings}   Congratulations to Ms. Duende Bloo! She passed her qualifying review for the homeskool portfolio! YAY!! I didn’t know if she was into it, but she seems to be kind of excited to be considered a 5th grader (really? 5th?! unbelievable). Her teacher (whoContinue reading “Duendesday in 9”

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} When in doubt, try a different perspective. These days, you can find my child up in a tree. She’s a climber. She’s always loved to climb rocks, hills, snow banks, and trees. She’s dreaming of a treehouse this year for her birthday in June.Continue reading “Duendesday”

Duendesday: {a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} If ever there was a time to invoke a little magick, now would be the time. We knew that we were the kind of people who might need some at some point (I certainly don’t rule it out on a regular basis) soContinue reading “Faeries and Wood Sprites”

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} One might want to discount art from a 9-yr old as ‘child art’ or even just important to the parent’s but I think it is fascinating to see development in work that is learning without teaching. Not to say that learning some skills wouldContinue reading “D-Art”