Daddy, Papa and Me http://www.lathefamily.org/ An unconventional family in today's world en Copyright 2008 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:54:53 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Nature, a poem by Emma Written by her own hand, Birds, red, fly in the sky and blue rain falls down the sun is bright and yellow the grass is so colorful it shines the pretty flowers are pink Nature is just beautiful He inventive spelling below http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/07/nature_a_poem_by_emma.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/07/nature_a_poem_by_emma.shtml Darndest Things education emma poetry Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:54:53 -0800 Apparently I'm a fat hairy ogre So yesterday I went to a hair stylist in Salt Lake City (a gift from Guy) and she did an entire 'work up'. Colored my hair (yikes, it's darker now!) to 'minimize the grey', trimmed/shaped my eyebrows, cut my hair. I've never done anything like this (usually just the barber), but it was a treat and an experiment :). When I got home Emma was NOT happy. She even started to tear up and got very upset and asked what I did and why I did it and cried that "I didn't look like her Papa any more." Whoa, didn't expect that reaction (though she gave a similar reaction about 3 years ago when I cut my very long hair to very short). Anyway, she did calm down in time and then sat with me later to watch her show. At a commercial she turned to me and said: "It's like Shrek" "What's like Shrek?" "You changing. Like when Shrek became that man" "You mean I looked like Shrek and now I look like the man?" "Yeah, I liked Shrek better" OUCH. I'm not sure whether to be insulted because she thinks that normally I look like a fat hairy ogre or be flattered that she thinks I've become more like a handsome prince (though she'd rather have Shrek). Maybe, it's the eyebrows LOL.]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/07/apparently_im_a_fat_hairy_ogre.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/07/apparently_im_a_fat_hairy_ogre.shtml Darndest Things darndest things hair style shrek Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:53:41 -0800 San Francisco: Most walkable city in the U.S. According to WalkScore, San Francisco is the most walkable city in the U.S. Well, I could have told you that :). It's one of the reasons I love the city and our neighborhood, just about anything you could want from gyms to parks to schools to grocery stores is within a quarter mile walk. If you look at the 'walkability' map of San Francisco, you'll notice the places with the least walkability are actually parks for the most part (though there are some neighborhoods that could use a bit more 'walkability'. Walkability definitely is not the only criteria that would make a city livable, climate (check), mass transit (check), outdoor activities nearby (check), job possibilities (check), beauty (check), great people (check) and a few other criteria would make a city a livable city. Oh, and there is one more, affordability. Oh.. oops, San Francisco is near dead last in that criteria. I guess that is due to all the other criteria. Sigh.]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/07/san_francisco_most_walkable_ci.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/07/san_francisco_most_walkable_ci.shtml San Francisco life peak oil san francisco walkability Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:21:25 -0800 Reading, Riting and Rithmatic: Update, frustrations and joys Last week I told you some of the things we are doing to help Emma catch up to her peers and be ready for first grade (after it was suggested to us that we hold Emma back a year). Thought I'd give a quick update. We are on the second section of the book we are using: Reading Reflex. I do like it, it make it clear and straightforward to follow. I have my quibbles, but I'll leave that for a review I plan to post on Amazon. The second section is on double consonants such as in words like 'ask, and, elm, end, task, plant etc'. (the first section is on simple sound combos like sat, hat, cat, pig, dig, fig, wig, ben, bet, etc). We are just entering 4 (sometimes 5) letter words with double consonant combinations. She's doing pretty well. There isn't a word she is confronted with at this level that she can't read. ]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/07/reading_riting_and_rithmatic_u.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/07/reading_riting_and_rithmatic_u.shtml Education books education first grade reading schools Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:26:13 -0800 Luminous Fog .flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }
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Luminous Fog,
originally uploaded by Sutanto.
One of the most beautiful night-time photos of San Francisco I've seen.

Emma said last night that she misses her home and 'my city'. I have to agree with her. As nice as traveling is, it's always nice to go home.
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