My kid likes to hang things on the wall...with tape.
I like to hang things on the wall too...neatly.
So there's a constant struggle over what we will hang or put up on the wall (and refrigerator) and how it will be presented.
The other day I decided I'd take a nap.
My son decided to play in his playroom.
An hour later when I went to check on him, I was greeted by what you see above.
He decided to hang up his pictures from school last year with some sort of sticky rope that he got from camp.
I haven't taken this down.
I figure...let it go. No stress.
All in all, every time I go into his playroom I just sort of stare at the wall and walk out.
On my end, there are no words for this
As for him - oh he's pretty excited!
Yes folks just two days!
That's a 1 and a 2... Two days left for what you might ask or wonder?
Well, in 2 days school ends and summer begins!
Should I really be this excited?
Am I ashamed that I am excited about this?
Has the school year made me a us horrible parent parents?
So what my kid is only in Pre-K!
Hey Pre-K counts!
And When I think about it numerically... 25% of me is ashamed about being excited and the other 75% isn't.
Here's the reason:
But seriously after all the shame is said and done (that didn't last too long),
I found out I'm not the only one! Jen Hatmaker, a mother of five (5), feels the same and a little more. Check out her post, "Worst End of School Mom Ever"...it's definitely relatable...you know, if you have kids or know people who have kids.
Here's wishing you and yours a Happy Summer filled with a house full of noise, with extra questions about meal time, where's my so and so, when are we going to the beach, etc.!
Once upon a time...
I was a Girl Scout.
Clearly, I rocked in the badge department!
Front & Back of Girl Scout Badge, Circa...
...now to work on my kids skills!
---- What activities were you a part of as a kid? Looking back, did you enjoy these activities or was it all for your parents?
Language contains great power for humans;
It shapes societies, creates laws and norms.
Builds skyscrapers and
fills the pages of novels.
But,
when language is abused, it can morally destroy the soul.
“That speech was gay” she said to her friend.
“You should really watch the words you choose.
That person may not appreciate the message you send.”
said the smart man in reply.
She found out later the reason why.
Take a word that is embraced by many
and twist it into a snarling enemy,
watch yourself in the mirror as the tie of
Ronald Regan chokes the sense from your thoughts
and blurs all sense of reality.
-Emily Holmes, November 23, 2011
++++++++++++++++++++++++ How are you bounded by language?
“… connecting the power of design to the people who need it most, and the places where it can make a real and lasting difference.”
Project H is a team of designers and builders engaging locally to improve the quality of life for the socially overlooked. Their long-term initiatives focus on improving environments, products, and experiences for K-12 education institutions in the US through systems- level design thinking and deep community engagements. Project H is a tax exempt 501c3 nonprofit based in the San Francisco Bay Area and Bertie County, North Carolina.
Project H’s five-tenet design process:
There is no design without (critical) action;
We design WITH, not FOR;
We document, share and measure;
We start locally and scale globally;
We design systems, not stuff
Founded in January 2008 by Emily Pilloton a then disgruntled designer, Emily formed Project H Design as a nonprofit, and as a conduit and catalyst to provide real, socially-driven, scalable, and empowering design projects to designers, and most importantly, great design solutions to communities that needed them. Since January 2008, Project H has grown from one person’s vision to a coalition of hundreds of designer’s worldwide, working in project teams on 20+ initiatives in 6 countries.
Emily has a background in architecture and product design. She has written for design magazines and blogs, and was the Managing Editor of Inhabitat (a sustainable design online publication).
Learning Landscape Project, Bertie County School, North Carolina
I found out about Project H while on Twitter one afternoon! I then did a little research and became an instant advocate! Project H currently has a Learning Landscapes project going on…that’s right up my alley (with my background and love of kids, education, etc.). AND what a great way to support a non-profit with a great mission and the community!!! I am currently in the process of seeing how I can inspire others in my community with the Learning Landscape project. Wish me luck…possibly I’ve inspired you to do the same.
Read more on Project H Design here Read more on Learning Landscapeshere
Designed by Oswald Bruce Cooper in 1921 and released by the Barnhart Brothers & Spindler type foundry in 1922 Cooper Black is a heavily weighted, old style serif typeface. The typeface is drawn as an extra bold weight of Cooper Old Style. Though not based on a single historic model, Cooper Black exhibits influences of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and the Machine Age. Cooper Black was a predominant lettering style popularized by Oswald Bruce Cooper in Chicago and the Midwest of America in the 1920s, given typographic form. An earlier weight of Cooper's type designs, Cooper Old Style (later just "Cooper") was released first, though Cooper Black was what BB&S foundry was after. Cooper Black was advertised as being "for far-sighted printers with near-sighted customers", as well as "the Black Menace" by detractors. Source: Wikipedia
