People who are familiar with adoption from China know that our children were most likely abandoned by their original family. They know they spent time in an orphanage, and they know they may or may not have spent time in foster care in China. They know they aren’t living with their biological parents. They know [...]

Many of you will remember previous Blue Square discussions. Here is one — if you aren’t familiar then you’ll want to read the comments. GlitterGirl is at that age where she has days that she apparently must be… contrary. Quarrelsome. I do a version of the blue square with her by stating something obvious. It’s [...]

We use organic milk, organic yogurt, free range eggs. We don’t buy meat but if we did then I would probably try to find the stuff without hormones in it. Some of our fruits and vegetables are organic, but not all of them. Our lotions don’t have petroleum products in them. The girls spent the [...]

To follow up on the cuss words topic, we have what I call “impolite words” that aren’t said. Their school forbids words like stupid, dumb, and idiot. Those words have the same consequences as actual cuss words and are never said at school – not in any context. I’ve followed through with that at home, [...]

I worked at school for field day the last week of school. There were various stations set up, and the kids traveled around to the various stations in assigned groups. I ran the station where kids raced with an egg in a spoon. Fun Fun. One of the other mom’s told me that while they [...]

As I discussed in Friday’s post, cuss words are a societal construct, and not a moral or health issue. But it’s a construct that society takes pretty seriously. My goal with cuss words is to teach that language expectations can change depending on where you are and who you are talking to. A segment of [...]