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Best Movies for Family Movie Night: Here’s My List
One of our new rituals as a family is a Friday Movie Night. I know it’s not particularly innovative or interesting, but it’s new to us! It’s been a good way to keep sheltering-in-place entertaining. I’m now on the hunt for the Best Movies for Family Movie Night!
Each Friday, we alternate who picks the movie. Henry went first and picked Rio (big hit). Then Matt picked Babe (our worst pick yet!). Tate followed up with the most recent Star Wars film (an obvious hit since we had seen it already!). Then I chose Holes (I liked it but the boys thought it was just okay). Then Henry picked Spies … Read More
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Talking to Kids about Human Development and Sexuality
There were three recent events which got me thinking about the process of talking to kids about human development and sexuality.
The first is that we moved our Human Development lessons online during Distance Learning. The second was a conversation with my friend about how her son was participating in the school’s lessons and wasn’t talking much about the content of the lessons. The very next day, Tate grabbed It’s Not the Stork out of the container behind my bed and asked me to read it to him.
Have you been having conversations with your children about human growth and development over the years? If yes, when did you start? … Read More
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New Green Smoothie Recipe: On Trying to Eat Healthier
Interestingly, I’ve gone through phases during the pandemic. First, Phase 1 was: There’s no time to eat. I have to lead my entire organization to create an effective Distance Learning for Equity plan in the span of one week and three days. Then there was Phase 2: This is really stressful and awful. Let’s make life better with junkfood! (I literally bought every mix made by King Arthur.). Now I am in Phase 3: Why not use this time to focus on getting healthy? Phase 3 is when I discovered my new green smoothie recipe.
I have put on 15 pounds in the last year. And I’ve mainly been putting … Read More