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Meet Chompy
There are days when you just need a quick-fix project — something you can just slap together and let entertainment happen on its own. (I’m looking at YOU, quarantined-parents-working-from-home.) For little ones, here’s a project that takes little time to make, and skews high on the work-to-amusement ratio. With no further adieu, I introduce you to Chompy. He’s cardboard, he’s hungry, and he’ll eat all day long. When we made him 6 years ago,…
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Twiddles
We have baskets overflowing with these things at home, and they’re called “twiddles.” At least that’s what they call them in our kids’ kindergarten classes where the teachers seem to spin gold out of oatmeal flakes, and maintain a miraculous yoga-studio-level of peace within a class of 4, 5, and 6 year olds. Those teachers work fairy magic as far I’m concerned, and I can’t do anything NEAR what they do, but I CAN…
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A Little Light
Hello Quarantined friends. Raise your hand if you’re wondering how many days of cheese quesadillas you’ve got in your fridge. Better yet, how many cheese quesadillas you can serve before everyone starts to get sick of them….or each other. Like you, I’m bracing myself for the weeks/months ahead, and hoping that our efforts to flatten the curve aren’t too late. And all I can believe is that — unlike that giant bag of dried…
