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amateur video of the challenger explosion

February 8th, 2010

I’ve lived through a handful of historically significant moments. The first of those that I remember was the Challenger explosion. My 4th grade class was excitedly following the launch as one of our classmate’s father worked at NASA, and well, how cool was it that there was a teacher on board who would be broadcasting […]

the marshmallow test

September 15th, 2009

Amusing video of a re-enactment of the famous marshmallow test originally performed at Stanford. In the study, children were given one marshmallow and promised a second if they could wait, without eating the first marshmallow. See how the kids did: Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.

happy birthday, Will

July 15th, 2009

It has been a long day for the kiddos. My big guy is 5. Sylvie, keeps telling us that her birthday is coming up! When we sang Happy Birthday to Will, she said, “Now sing to Sylvie!” The day began as most of our special days do – with donuts. Will’s school requests that the […]

“Will, we’re going to kain-esse!”

July 4th, 2009

It was a short first week for Sylvie at her new school, but long enough to be eventful. I posted pictures of the send-off on Wednesday, and no, Sylvie wasn’t the slightest bit worried about starting her new school. I was terrified – I packed her 2 changes of clothes, was that enough to get […]

have I done that yoga video?

June 22nd, 2009

Yes, Mom. Thanks! Sylvie and I think it rocks.

great resume writing tips

June 10th, 2009

Found this when I was looking for something else, today, but thought it was worthy of passing along. Great advice on writing a resume that won’t get tossed in the garbage.

willisms – we aren’t interested in the same things

June 1st, 2009

Saturday it looked like a motorcycle rally was starting out from Pescadero at the same time we were, as there were a number of cop cars and couple of cops on motorcycles as well as hundreds of bikers. Doug and I found it pretty amazing to be in the middle of the hundreds of bikers, […]

sylviisms

May 26th, 2009

Mom: What color is this dot? Sylvie: Pink Mom: What color is this dot? Sylvie: Blue Mom: What color are your eyes? Sylvie: Polka Dot!

what is that up above??

March 30th, 2009

Why, it is a new, real DNS! For a limited time, diego.org/sarah will continue to redirect you over to the new DNS, but if you come here by manually typing in the url, you might start weaning yourself from diego.org.  Note: There is only one S in MamaSewing… because the proper 2 felt redundant.

learning animals

March 13th, 2009

You can tell which kids at the zoo learned their animals watching Pixar movies. They are the ones who yell, “Move it! Move it!” at the sight of hippos, lions, meer cats, …

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