Team Gray!

Back in the mid 90s, I assembled a wooden doll house with Yanni, my oldest child, 4 at the time. I found the project so engrossing that I made several kits of furniture after finishing the house. I wanted the project to go on an on. . . This summer, I pulled out a bunch [...]

I have a child who needs to identify all 50 states on a map and their capitols. She doesn’t really get map reading just yet, and it is a struggle for her to learn all the states. I pulled out our chunky wooden map of the United States puzzle. Said child gushed, “I LOVE that [...]

Tonight we had our first recital since October. I schedule small recitals for the family whenever some of the children finish learning their piano pieces. Imani, Joy and Esteban are working through the Suzuki piano school books. Joy and Esteban are in book 1, and Imani is in book 2. Tonight she performed the last [...]