Wrote up my most recent birth story, because it was a doozy: http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1130011/i-delivered-my-own-baby-in-car

Horrible Geography is the latest winner from that series in this household. "Mom, did you know the Caspian Sea is not a sea at all but an inland lake?"

We found the iPad that's been lost for two and a half months! (It was in a hidden cranny of my husband's car!)

I think the American health care system may actually be designed to kill us all early through stress and anxiety.

I had a baby! Gorey details are here for any birth-story junkies: http://jengod.blogspot.com/2013/01/jasons-birth-story.html

The best way to find the missing thing is to order a replacement thing, right? Ergh.

Today I shirked my housekeeping work to make a Wikipedia page for the Let's Read and Find Out science books. Enjoy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Read_and_Find_Out_Science#List_of_titles

We launched our Little Free Library today (soft open) and people are already coming by!

"But where are Ma and Pa going to be?" My three-year-old, upon being, informed that we are almost done with LHOTP and will be putting the series aside for now. I assured him they would still be safe in the books until we got back.

The corporate Christmas present from DH's company is a Kindle Paperwhite with--wait for it--UNLIMITED EBOOKS. #squee

I canned for the first time today and all three jars pinged. #exciting #boysenberrypreserves

One-day only D'Aulaires Greek Myths audiobook giveaway via Penguin Random House Audio FB: https://www.facebook.com/PenguinRandomHouseAudio

Has anyone ever been to Deutsch Country Days in Missouri? Good for kids?

"Mom, I noticed that there's some Norse mythology and Vinland stuff from reading Aesir's Kids and Leif the Lucky in the Horrible Histories: Vicious Vikings book I'm reading."

Strewing success: Kid finds thrifted abacus on coffee table, identifies it from school and demands sheet of math problems to work out.

DS starts at Montessori school in three weeks. So excited for this new journey!

Apparently there's been a pre-K/K forum here since January! I can't believe I didn't see that before. Off to read 10 mos of threads!

New chicken was free-range for no more than an hour before she escaped the yard. Neighbors caught her, thankfully. Fun times for all but I think we might need to a tighter perimeter!

Good news: 5yo DS really seemed to understand Farmer Boy as a read-aloud and did a great narration for me. Bad news: He just made his own blacksnake whip. Hrm.

PM me your postal mail address if you're doing French with your DC and you're interested in two free vintage-y French picture dictionaries.

Loved Salman Khan's One World Schoolhouse book--a lot of his ideas sync with "homeschool" theory

Had the flu on Friday. Fever broke overnight but still can't swallow without significant pain. Grrr.

Nice addition for the nature shelf: The wind blew an old hummingbird nest down from the tree in our front yard!

Decluttered under the bathroom sink using expiration dates to force my hand. I'm beginning to think buying in bulk is a bad idea for our family.

My kid learned how to pedal his tricycle! #proudmama