The 50 books every child should read – News, Books – The Independent.
This is inspiring me to pick up a copy of “The Phantom Tollbooth” for Elliot. I think my improvised “Monkey Vs. Robot” epics are running out of steam.
The 50 books every child should read – News, Books – The Independent.
This is inspiring me to pick up a copy of “The Phantom Tollbooth” for Elliot. I think my improvised “Monkey Vs. Robot” epics are running out of steam.
0
comments
We found out Tuesday (ultrasound in Springfield) the new one is a boy!
We described how we found out to Elliot, and he composed this song:
0
comments
Yes, I am!
Latest news:
So, a real full quarter year so far. Still smiling. Chat soon xo
0
comments
The other night, after several stories and songs while putting E down to bed, I told him, “You have to close your eyes now and go to sleep”.
And he said, “I can’t go to sleep. I have a body no bigger than a turkey’s with a wingspan the size of a small plane”.
How can you argue with that?
(This is a direct quote from The Dinosaur Alphabet Book – except for the “I can’t go to sleep” part.)
0
comments
This should be great. I’ve always wondered what color a Diplodocus is. Elliot will be psyched.
Dinosaurs in colour
“It is a question that has baffled the greatest scientific minds – and those of the average seven-year-old: What colour were dinosaurs?” Andrew Johnson writes in The Independent on Sunday. “Now a dramatic breakthrough in fossil examination has sparked a race to discover an answer that may satisfy the scientific community as well as anxious crayon wielders. A research team at Yale University believe they have established a technique which can identify the colour of fossilized feathers and fur. Preliminary results suggest that the true colours of dinosaurs may soon be revealed. A team headed by Prof. Derek Briggs, director of Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History, discovered that tiny, fossilized structures previously believed to be the remains of bacteria were in fact carbon deposits called melanosomes, which indicate the colour pattern of modern birds’ feathers.”
via Street fighting, Earth’s calmest spot, e-mail rudeness – The Globe and Mail.
0
comments
I am so happy to read the occasional blog post from The Rabbit. Here’s a new one that makes me feel less like a crazy person. Love her.
0
comments
Wait for the video to load fully before viewing in full screen. Wow.
Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world (Please don’t go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.
via Kottke.
0
comments
Here are a batch of pics from our trip to PEI and New Brunswick (along with some older ones of a Nova Scotia visit from this spring).
0
comments
Elliot is going nuts talking about this toy. I don’t know how he found out about it (probably from one of his cousins). He calls it “Hose Hot Wheels”.
I don’t know if I can wait until his birthday before breaking down and getting this. The nagging is constant. But it looks cool, too.
0
comments