Category: now i am 6

what maria montessori has taught me about rainy days

Octopus Pen

Today, all of the Bay Area’s schools are closed because of rain, a storm that was predicted to hit us with 70-mile-an-hour winds and flooding. So, this morning we had to figure out what to do with our day. Jonah has been…

strange conversations

Hamsa traditionally used to ward off the Evil Eye. Narrowly avoided having to explain why that would be useful.

This morning, on the way to our “Jewish” class… Not “Hebrew School” as we are not learning hebrew, but rather a class at our synagogue of choice (Renewal, feminist, politically and socially aware, multi-cultural, all kinds of families, etc.) for…