Spelling Bee

Yesterday when I took Callen to her preschool, she put her coat in her bin and she spelled out the letters of her name on the bin label. Last night I asked her if she could spell her name and guess what -- she spelled it correctly with no help at all from us! Very cool. I've asked her to spell it several other times today, to see if it was just a fluke but evidently it isn't as she has spelled it correctly each time. Not bad for a 3 year old I think!

The Disruption Penalty

The Disruption Penalty

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Is Google Rewiring Our Brains?

Is Google Rewiring Our Brains?

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Textual Harassment

I was interviewed by the local CBS station yesterday for a story related to cyberstalking, etc. They used one sentence of what I said. Oh well...

Textual Harassment

XOs in Afghanistan

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/05/one.laptop.per.child/index.html

They mention the Birmingham XO project in this report too.

Catching Up

It seems like my blogging is taking a backseat to other things of late -- the holidays, some health issues, travels, etc. And, I've also been spending more time on facebook and twitter than on my blog it seems. Not sure why I haven't been as into blogging as much lately, compared to the other technology applications. I'm hoping to have some time this weekend to upload some pix and do some updates.

On a side note, Callen's speech structure and the logic of her thinking have been progressing so fast lately it seems! She is a smart little girl and constantly amazes us with her development.

Unfortunately she's been saying off and on the last few weeks that she doesn't like school. She wants to go to work with mommy. I think her preference is always to spend as much time with us. She has a good time at school but she has been so clingy lately and I've even had to leave her crying several times when dropping her off. Oh, how that breaks my heart! I hope this is just a phase she's going through - for all our sakes!

Pull Ups Be Gone!

While we were traveling in Utah a week or so ago (pix to be posted sometime soon), we thought we were out of Pull Ups late one night when we were heading to bed. It was SO cold outside too and we would have had to drive to a store to get some! We asked Callen if she wanted to wear underwear to bed and she said 'Yes'. So, we've been wearing underwear, rather than Pull Ups, to bed at night. She's done really well and not had any bed wetting accidents yet. Here's to hoping Pull Ups are gone forever!