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Category Archives: Talking To Rockstar
It Was Mother’s Day…
Color Splasher necklaces I had the kids make for my mum and my mother-in-law… This Mother’s Day I celebrated the blessing of my children by telling them we are making one necklace for Daddy’s Mummy and one for Mummy’s Mummy. … Continue reading
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Ninja Turtle Pyjama Fight
Bedtime In The Rockstar Household, starring The Rockstars as Raphael and Donatello… (Because one secret identity is not enough and we are all anarchists over here…) (That Would Be These Two.) (O-or, Rockstar Is So Going To Kill Me Someday When … Continue reading
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Rockstar’s 3-Way Conference In Year 2
3-way Conference is the student-led activity where parents come in to participate in some class activities with their child, and sit in on a discussion led by the child on his/her progress and learning targets. (Around the school as usual … Continue reading
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Snack Wars
In case you thought the Miss was umm, “easier” to handle than Rockstar… Each day at Miss’ twice-a-week pre-school, a rough schedule around Snack is as follows: The little kids line up to go wash their hands, sing/ listen to … Continue reading
Rockstarism #298 – This Is Why They Have Cliffhangers In Stories
#298 Rockstar: Mum. Lemme tell you something. I came up with this story in school for Writing. It’s set in Star Wars. Do you know what I said? Me: “Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away”? Rockstar: No. … Continue reading
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A South Horizon Christmas Story
Now we know why Santa shops here…… Bumps to Babes’ Christmas catchphrase is “Where Santa shops.” Rockstar knows most Santas aren’t real but I got to tell him the Christmas spirit and well, good hearted people certainly are. There was even … Continue reading
Of Christmas Learning And Parenting Opportunities
**Updated 10am the following morning, at bottom… So the Santa’s Postbox in Rockstar’s school is up, and him being a year 2 and all, the holiday card traffic was markedly heavier than the previous year. Before anyone screams tree carnage, … Continue reading
Signs Of The Friday Times
1) Rockstar found this on Youtube last night and wants me to lead with it today: Insane Domino Tricks. My favorite entry in the comments to these two kids was “you’re either prodigies in school or you’re getting Ds in everything” … Continue reading
Bumblebee Goes To School For Story Book Day
**Updated on 4 Dec 2013 Obviously, I just wanted to get as much mileage as I could out of Rockstar’s hard-to-find-ordered-ages-in-advance-off-Amazon.com Bumblebee Plasma Cannon (which is actually Bumblebee’s fist) we got for Halloween. You’re supposed to go as a book … Continue reading
The Making Of Rockstar’s Archangel Michael
So Rockstar initially named the angel Gabriel, who tells Mary about the Birth of Jesus, but then we realized (yes, together – shame on me) that it is actually the archangel Michael, who is depicted with sword and armor. (Honestly, … Continue reading