Weasel World

1) I spent Monday afternoon tidying up the garden while the children "played outside." The way they did this was to furnish the pop-up tent with blankets, stuffed animals, two hot water bottles, Sara's explorer's canteen, and a "television" made out of an empty cake box. They sat in the tent, very happily pretending to watch television, for most of an hour. It was about 1 degree above freezing.

2) The other night there was a lot of giggling and goofing around with magic markers in the bathroom. After a while Sara emerged, convulsed with giggles, and pulled back her hair to show off her decorated forehead. No, it was not a lightning bolt. It was an H for Hologram.

They are so goony!

The Academy Strikes Back

Boy, this one is like a red flag to a bull, if you ask me.

Fakelore, Multiculturalism, and the Ethics of Children's Literature