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Brilliant Spectrum Child
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The adventures of Orangeboy and his antagonists.
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Success is ... putting it on a checklist.
Orangeboy and his main two antagonists are ready for the holidays. As usual, they can't wait to get out of school on break and each has his/her own reasons. Sister doesn't like homework, deadlines, or clothes - she prefers bare legs and feet even in ...
More about puberty and percentiles
My little children are growing up. I am frequently told that "they are getting so TALL!". The school year is almost half over and one will be going to middle school next year. They have more "permanent" teeth than baby teeth, they close the bath...
Puberty looms
Every child living in my home is now into the second decade of life. Each is now sporting a double-digit age. I guess that qualifies them as preteens. Thus the specter of puberty is looming large in my mind. It is time to start teaching them more abo...
eReaders!
The Grandparents bought Orangeboy's sister a Kindle for her birthday. Now I want all of us to have one!!! She loves it and so do I. Orangeboy could really find it useful also. If you don't know what a Kindle is - check it out:Amazon.com KindleOrangeb...
Post 101 at long last! Competition tantrum
I reached my 100th post last month and then just abandoned my blog. Really bad mommy blogger! My only excuse is that I got a little bored with Orangeboy. Yeah, I said it. Bored - with my son. No, actually it's not so much that I'm bored with him, it'...
Chick-A-go
So now I know that The Amber Spyglass is part of that trilogy which included The Golden Compass. I, myself, am not into fantasy literature. I really don't think Orangeboy is either. We went back to the school library and swapped The Amber Spyglass ...
