Little m Long a » Zoe http://edlamaze.com Sun, 06 May 2012 18:15:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 One http://edlamaze.com/2011/10/20/one.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/10/20/one.aspx#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:32:55 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=3168 http://edlamaze.com/2011/10/20/one.aspx/feed 0 Never Trust a Cheshire Cat http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/17/never-trust-a-cheshire-cat.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/17/never-trust-a-cheshire-cat.aspx#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:51:51 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=3049 http://edlamaze.com/2011/09/17/never-trust-a-cheshire-cat.aspx/feed 0 I Triple Dog Dare You! http://edlamaze.com/2011/01/23/i-triple-dog-dare-you.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/01/23/i-triple-dog-dare-you.aspx#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:55:41 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=2697 http://edlamaze.com/2011/01/23/i-triple-dog-dare-you.aspx/feed 8 Where Was Mark Yesterday!! http://edlamaze.com/2010/04/14/where-was-mark-yesterday.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/04/14/where-was-mark-yesterday.aspx#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:52:44 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=2397 http://edlamaze.com/2010/04/14/where-was-mark-yesterday.aspx/feed 16 Banished! http://edlamaze.com/2010/04/03/banished.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/04/03/banished.aspx#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:13:56 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=2385 http://edlamaze.com/2010/04/03/banished.aspx/feed 8 a moment to gloat—because that’s what I do http://edlamaze.com/2010/02/23/a-moment-to-gloat-because-thats-what-i-do.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/02/23/a-moment-to-gloat-because-thats-what-i-do.aspx#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:33:36 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=2210 http://edlamaze.com/2010/02/23/a-moment-to-gloat-because-thats-what-i-do.aspx/feed 4 Now That We Have That All Cleared Up http://edlamaze.com/2010/02/22/now-that-we-have-that-all-cleared-up.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/02/22/now-that-we-have-that-all-cleared-up.aspx#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:25:14 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=2257 http://edlamaze.com/2010/02/22/now-that-we-have-that-all-cleared-up.aspx/feed 4 I Haven’t Repaid Society, But Karma is Happier http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/25/i-havent-repaid-society-but-karma-is-happier.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/25/i-havent-repaid-society-but-karma-is-happier.aspx#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:37:04 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=1717 http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/25/i-havent-repaid-society-but-karma-is-happier.aspx/feed 8 That Wasn’t Supposed to Happen http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/20/that-wasnt-supposed-to-happen.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/20/that-wasnt-supposed-to-happen.aspx#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:56:07 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=1308 http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/20/that-wasnt-supposed-to-happen.aspx/feed 10 Yesterday… http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/18/yesterday.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/18/yesterday.aspx#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:32:48 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=1298 http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/18/yesterday.aspx/feed 14 Really? What Are Her Rules About Sugar? http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/17/really-what-are-her-rules-about-sugar.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/17/really-what-are-her-rules-about-sugar.aspx#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:50:27 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=1290 http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/17/really-what-are-her-rules-about-sugar.aspx/feed 6 24 Hours—A Lot Can Happen http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/12/24-hours-a-lot-can-happen.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/12/24-hours-a-lot-can-happen.aspx#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:41:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/24-hours-a-lot-can-happen/ The activity is constant and endless.  Lifestyles are adjusted to the heightened levels of chaos always bordering on calamity.  Insignificance is just that, even more so.  It does not matter.  Priorities shift in an effort to provide balance, continuity and stability in what by all appearances is disorder.  Time does not sit idly by.  Things happen constantly.

As testament I present a few happenings of the past 24 hours.

Zoë kicked things off this past Saturday night (OK, I know that was more than 24 hours ago but work with me here.  Some things need preface.)  by heating things up, namely her core body temperature.  Not too alarming--102 and easily controlled with that miracle drug--Motrin.  Have you heard of the ... ]]> http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/12/24-hours-a-lot-can-happen.aspx/feed 11 Zoë Flips Out! http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/29/zoe-flips-out.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/29/zoe-flips-out.aspx#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:36:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/zoe-flips-out/ Our pool closes for the season this Monday, Labor Day.  I know five little kids that are really going to miss it.  We started the summer pasty white and timid.  Afraid of uncertainty.  Buoyancy was a foreign concept.  Swimming strokes like the overhand crawl, the breast stroke and back stroke were skill concepts seemingly impossible to master.

Constant exposure and repetition built confidence.  Fingers loosed their grip from the reassuring security of the pool edge and children dared venture into the vast unknown.  We had lessons.  We played.  We splashed.  We lived at the pool this summer and my children have reaped the benefits. 

It has been difficult to get to the pool this past week with school having started.  A cool front also made it's way into town and seems to have lingered, yesterday's high temperatures nearing 74 degrees.  But Tuesday before the cool weather arrived, we hit the pool.  I'm glad we did.

Zoë, who has been struggling with a proper dive all summer long, decided she was going to try a front flip.  No urging or coaching.  She just stepped up onto the diving board and announced, "I'm gonna do a flip!"  And then proceeded to do it.  She smacked a couple of times but undaunted, kept going back.  A few pointers and some minor adjustments and the girl had it down.

As fortune would have it--I had my camera.  This was taken after her initial rounds of 4 or 5 practices.  As you will see, her confidence literally exploded.  Oh, and she's not particularly camera shy, either.



We will certainly miss going to the pool. 


... ]]> http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/29/zoe-flips-out.aspx/feed 15 Dear Mrs. Teacher Lady http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/25/dear-mrs-teacher-lady.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/25/dear-mrs-teacher-lady.aspx#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:38:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/dear-mrs-teacher-lady/ Today, Monday August 25 is the first day of school. I have two children in elementary school this year. Zoë will be starting Second Grade and Zane will be starting the First Grade. After Labor Day, Zia will begin Pre-K attending three days a week Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the mornings. For me, this is big. Real big.



I offer my kids to strangers, trusting that they will do the right thing. That they will care for my children as I do. I'm sending them to school. I should feel a sense of relief and relish the freedom gained if only a few hours worth. It's not that easy.




As we transition some of the daily care of our children to members of our community—namely the educators we have entrusted to supplement and augment the fundamentals we have been teaching at home, concerns manifest. I worry. I fret. I pray that my children will be safe and that their love of learning and their love of life will continue to be nurtured.




I'm sending their teachers a little note.....






Dear Mrs. Teacher Lady,




Good morning and welcome to our school. (I know, that's something you should probably be saying to me but really, with what I'm paying you guys in tuition, I kind of feel I have the right to call it MY school.) I trust that you had a wonderfully relaxing and enjoyable summer vacation. I know my kids certainly did.




We both knew this day would arrive, though I've got to be quite honest, I wasn't expecting it quite so soon. It seems we had just gotten into a really good summertime groove. That's OK. We had fun ... ]]> http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/25/dear-mrs-teacher-lady.aspx/feed 13 Is There Really a Difference? http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/12/is-there-really-a-difference.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/12/is-there-really-a-difference.aspx#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:25:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/is-there-really-a-difference/ Our summer is rapidly drawing to a close.  It's been whirlwind, exhausting but loads of fun.

One of the tell tale signs that we are wrapping up our summer is the resuming of several of our fall or school year activities.  In particular, ballet.  Nothing significant to report as regular rehearsals are still about a month away, but Zoë and Zia started last Saturday the first of three "summer intensive" rehearsals for the Christmas performance of Cinderella.  Yeah, Christmas.  Try outs were last spring and all of the dancers were assigned parts or characters to play during the performance.  These people are serious about their Christmas performances. 

I asked Zoë how the rehearsal had gone and she timidly lamented the fact that it was hard.  In my most upbeat and fatherly voice I tried to explain to her that if it was easy they would start rehearsals some time after Thanksgiving.  But that by starting now they would be so well prepared by the time the Christmas performance came around that it would seem easy.

Then Zoë said, "Yeah, but Dad.  It's hard being a Cricket!"



"Well, Zoë.  That's because you're supposed to be a Grasshopper."


(Pause, pause)



"Oh.  That makes more sense."
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