One dark and stormy night, tragedy struck the Hound household. Sweet Lil wanted to make tuna salad but there was no mayonnaise in the house. “Help!”, the selective eater cried out, unable to eat plain tuna or the delicious meal her parents cooked. Super Mom heard her cries and rushed to the rescue! With...
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The other day, a friend asked for help with her picky eater. Children who only eat a few things are endlessly frustrating to their parents who are concerned about nutrition and also bored out of their mind eating the same thing every night. I known this frustration personally. My sweet Lil, who loves planning...
Read more →A huge segment of the toy industry makes kids cameras, plastic hardware tools, faux art supplies, and character-branded naturalist equipment. The motivation for such things might be pure, but they are often cheaply-made, useless imitations of adult tools. I can’t tell you how many ‘kid’ versions of tools have met their end in our...
Read more →One of the requirements of the state of Ohio is that we notify our school district that we are educating at home. Another is to provide a general outline of our plans for the year. The list I sent superintendent Gene Harris was imbibed with eduspeak. Our real scope and sequence is more like...
Read more →Freshwater Farms of Ohio was one of the stops in our Urbana, Ohio field trip. Click the link to read about the rest of our trip. Since our first trip to Freshwater Farms of Ohio for the 2009 Shrimp Fest, I can’t help but return every so often. Where else can you pet a...
Read more →We visited Cedar Bog Nature Preserve as part of our day trip to Urbana Ohio. Click the preceding link to read about all of our stops. Cedar Bog Nature Preserve is a large and rare fen, preserved by the Ohio Historical Society and the the Cedar Bog Association. It is fifty miles from central...
Read more →It’s official. As the sidewalk fills with students walking to the school on our block, we are choosing to homeschool. Mixed Feelings Until a few years ago, I judged that homeschooling was crazy and relegated to people who want to indoctrinate their child in some religion. I feel that same judgment now from some...
Read more →Kids Linked just announced winners of their Best Parent Blogger award. Thanks to your votes, I am the first runner up! I very much appreciate your support in selecting me among a field of awesome Columbus bloggers. I also owe thanks to the fantastic Hounds in the Kitchen community on Facebook. We are only...
Read more →I am surrounded by fantastic fathers. These inspiring, caring men enrich the lives of Lil and I: l to r – Mitch, my dad; Mike, my uncle; Tom, Alex’s dad, click to enlarge My dad, Mitch, is patient and funny. He encouraged his four girls to be strong curious women, enduring the resulting loud...
Read more →We checked The Wilds off our summer fun list on Monday June 13. Visit Lil’s blog to read her story and pictures about our visit.
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