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And more January

Digging caves for mice and other creatures in the roots of the stump, arranging chairs to read books with friends, everyone joins in to take turns climbing up the slide, and being silly with Granny.

Embroidery

I turned an old table without a top into a sewing frame and the children are embroidering onto burlap. Granny helped them get started.

More January

Smashing and balancing, helping cook in my new kitchen and touring Tristan's new kitchen, and finding puddles!

January

January is a good time for pirate ships, a turtle pond, and flashlights.

Watching the earthworm

Watching the earthworm burrow back into the soil. Orion: "If I see a bird coming to eat the worm I'll wave my arms to scare the bird away."

The Fox went out on a chilly night…

This is one of our favorite songs right now. Thanks to Wikipedia, I just learned that this song originated in 13th century England. There are dozens of recordings out there (Pete Seeger!) and several picture books, including one illustrated by Peter Spier that we will read next week. When we sing it, we alternate gender pronouns, he/she/they. Mommy foxes hunt, too! Here are the words [...]