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Apr. 13, 2006
Stone Soup
Children have a way of bringing joy to your heart at any time of day.
Even in the still of night when they are all in bed, their evidence
cannot be erased. Daddy's boots found in the playroom, a favorite car
parked by the couch and a baby toy dropped behind the couch. If
children are present, the cleanest of homes bear their mark.
We recently checked out Stone Soup
by Pete Seeger from the library. All socialist notions aside, I like
that story. And I enjoy Pete Seeger's musical rendition of it. We
have read it and sung it repeatedly. It seems to have made quite an
impression on Baby Bear as he chants portions of it throughout the day.
This morning, Baby Bear
helped me add vegetables and water to a chicken carcass to make chicken
stock. He talked about the story and chanted the parts about the
vegetables as we dumped them in the slow cooker. I thought that was it
until just a few minutes ago. I just poured the broth through a sieve
and amongst the left over bits of chicken and vegetables lay a single
stone.
I have no idea when he did it, but he decided we were going to have
stone soup. I think I'll put it back tomorrow when we turn our broth
into vegetable soup...and if he will have added that key ingredient
that any family meal needs to be truly satisfying.
family, children, humor,
homeschooling, parenting
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