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Utility Knife

• 05.03.09
  Pocket Knife Humor
  mom, Uncategorized, Utility Knife (10)

  Seth was practicing with his pocket knife the other day.  The knife slipped and he nicked his finger.  This is the conversation that ensued: Seth:  Sob, sob, sob, m m m...mommy I didn't want this to happen.  I didn't want to cut this finger....sob...because....sob... because....it's my nose picking finger.  I can use my other  finger (holds up right index finger) but it's not as good...sob sob sob...
  
  
• 12.29.08
  Urban Orienteering for Four Year Olds
  Compass, Orienteering, Utility Knife (5)

  First things first you get yourself a good map! This is a map of our journey from Grandpa's house in Mountain View via Cal Train to Redwood Trading Post in Redwood City. Our map is hand drawn with some fantastical cartography and lots of emphasis on TRAIN stations and other TRAIN elements. This map was drawn purely for four year old orienteering "buy-in", and is definitely not to scale. Our goal was to get to Redwood Trading Post where we would purchase new puddle boots, Seth's first pocket knife and a compass. After a brief bit on ...
  
  
• 11.27.08
  Mushrooms, Knives and Taking Risks
  Hiking, mom, Mushrooms, Utility Knife, Woods (4)

  This is Nels – confident four year old outdoor explorer. We met Nels and his family on the ferry to San Juan island. We spent the day of the wedding together, so from a civilized perspective we were acquainted right? It was not long into the pre-wedding breakfast that I heard Mommy Sara say to someone, “I think we are going to go mushroom hunting”. When I heard the words “mushroom hunting” I got a flutter in my heart. Oh to be in the Pacific Northwest and get the chance to go mushroom hunting, it ...