Children… are not quiet beings. They laugh, they talk, they giggle.. they argue and crash and bang and boom. And they have noisy toys. They click and they squonk and they beep. Noise itself doesn’t bother me. Too much noise, too loud noise and most of all REPETITIVE noise really stresses me out! When the son grabs his talking toy and keeps hitting the button so that it says “Be-bomp-be-bomp-be-bomp-be-bomp..” …
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October 2010
Happy Reformation Day
What IS Reformation Day? Reformation Day is a day to commemorate October 31st, 1517, when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Thesis (95 reasons) on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg, Germany – which he posted as public argument against the practice of indulgences (where the Catholic church led its members to believe they could pay the church a fee to absolve their sins) and other clerical abuses. This …
Weekly Wrap Up: The End of Week 8
Suddenly I find myself at a strange and unfamiliar place. A place in which I have actually counted and marked the days and weeks since school began. A place wherein I am aware that next week marks the end of the first quarter–something that I’ve never really paid attention to before. In the past we’ve had a start date, vacation days and an end date. It’s completely SURREAL to have …