Kate Dyer-Seeley  

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.  This video cements the position I took in my last post.  My apologies to Duck fans and poets everywhere.

All right parents it’s time for a wake-up call, ditch the flashcards, the text books, grab your kids and get your silly on!  America is losing ground in the global market in everything from the value of our dollar to advances in technology, but now even our preschoolers are lagging behind.  Why?  Experts in early childhood education cite lack of play.  [...]

Ugh-so I noticed that my last couple posts have been lengthy and chocked full of medical research and terminology.  I was downloading photos of Luke’s field trip to a local pumpkin patch this evening and found this gem.  I thought it only fitting to lighten the load and share. There is a back story to this photo, [...]

The mantra this week in our house has been, “I’m not getting a work job.” A perfectly timed declaration as Luke heads back to preschool.  “You see Mommy,” he said while packing his action figures into a Ziploc baggie, “I don’t need a work job because I’m just gonna live with you forever.”  Such sentiments must be cataloged and documented now as surely they’ll slip away [...]

How did I miss this? The winners of this years Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest were just released. The contest is sponsored by San Jose State’s English Department and encourages writers to come up with the most ghastly opening line for a fictional novel. You can read all about the origin of the contest here.  I’m stamping [...]

 Ah the infamous summer lemonade stand.  As pictured here Luke and my niece, Elisa, two surly budding entrepreneurs spent a morning setting up shop on a highly visible corner.  I remember grand dreams as a child of lemonade sales that would ensure a summer stockpile of cash.  Forget stuffing pennies into a piggy bank or [...]

Admit it, all of us have fantasized at one point or another about seeing our name in lights. Here’s the question of the day: have you dreamed about your name in Peanut Butter and Jelly? Luke’s best buddy, Nate the Great, sent us a picture of his lunch last week which was Luke’s name cutout [...]

I’m wondering if the interests our children have in early childhood are a reflection of what’s to come later in life. If they are, I’m in big trouble. I had a moment of panic this evening while driving with Luke in the backseat of the car. He was singing along to Sheryl Crow’s Real Gone [...]