Comments on: Friday miscellany: When (the book), plus winter kid activities

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:48:10 +0000

Hi Laura! Have you tried Artkive for the kids’ artwork? It’s a brilliant and beautiful way to keep it from piling up (or two quickly diminish the piles when it has).

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:58:17 +0000

In reply to Gladys Starkey. @Gladys - so glad you've stuck with reading me!

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:58:00 +0000

In reply to Alexicographer. @Alexicographer - definitely true! If you change the objective from having edible food to simply passing the time, then baking is a fun activity for all ages! (if a messy one)

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:57:23 +0000

In reply to Beth.

@Beth – very true that it doesn’t help with seeing the younger kids. Though it does solve the problem of before-school care for many parents (who might need to be at work at 8:30 but school starts at 9…)

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:56:21 +0000

In reply to Jennie. @Jennie- It's totally about being equipped for it. You wouldn't bother investing in snow boots, long coats, and ski gloves and such living in Mississippi. In my neck of the woods it's key.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 23:10:58 +0000

Good luck on the long run…it has been a little tough here in the South and I have another marathon next week. Thanks a lot for the recommendation on the Daniel Pink book!

By: June

June — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 23:02:26 +0000

I struggle with the outdoor physical activity, particularly for my 7 year old who needs to be jollied into it. So important and good for you, but so hard!

By: Jennie

Jennie — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 22:43:05 +0000

I found the 25 degree-go outside—hilarious. I’m from Mississippi. Under 40 degrees (which is rare) is officially no one goes outside weather. We were declared in a state of emergency this past week due to ice. We’ve been out of school since January 12th. The temperatures were around 30, with a few 20+ days. We’re not equipped for this and severe cabin fever has kicked in!

By: Meghan

Meghan — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:16:38 +0000

This is such a great post!! I’m a huge fan of planning weekends (well, and planning everything), and these are excellent ideas. I like to plan my weekends with one fun activity, one errand, one chore — that makes me feel the most satisfied, and surprisingly, so does the rest of the family. That takes care of 75% of the slots right there!
I live in the south right now, where we don’t usually get terribly cold weather (this past week excepted!), but we do have a definite rainy season, and I’ll be adding some of these ideas to my list.
As they say in Nordic countries, there’s no bad weather, only bad clothing!

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 20:44:23 +0000

I actually live in a school district that starts elementary school early (7:30) and high school late (9:00). In general I like it quite a lot (I have elementary kids). It does throw all that early morning is a great time to spend with your young kids so you can work late advice sideways though. I guess you can’t have your cake and eat it too. We will have to see if I still like it when my kids are in high school…