Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I try to never do the “you’re growing up so fast” or “I can’t believe it has been 11 years!” type stuff. And not going to do it here either – it’s math so it’s easy to believe. I will say though that it is very weird having an eleven year old. Makes me feel…

You have had a busy 6 months. Whenever I write these I always look at the pictures to remind me of what we did – and it’s usually pretty crazy just how much we fit in. These last 6 months have been exceptionally busy. School This is always a busy 6 months when it comes…

Disclaimer: the photos are in reverse order for some reason. Just a heads up. A lot to pack in here as it’s been a big six months! 4th grade finishing up You are about to be done with your 4th grade year – which is simply unreal. Your teach, Mrs. Schneider, I think I mentioned,…

Started 4th Grade I know it sounds weird, but yes – 4th grade. Well maybe not weird to you. But it seems so old. I think about myself in 4th grade – Franks/Fix. Those are the names of my teachers. They did a weird combined class that year so there were 60 of us in…

Since I am not giving this to you until you are 18, you should know by now that I am quite immature. You probably won’t get this movie reference either unless I have raised you right, but whenever I hear “niner” I think of it Thinking about what I just said above, it just dawned…

You are 8 1/2 going on 16. I think probably most parents feel this way, and I am also sure that you are not as dramatic as most girls your age. In fact, I know it. But, you have discovered selfies in a big way as you can see evidenced in the photos below. A…

It has been a big 6 months. The world is returning to normal – or at least the new normal. There was a new variant after my last post called omicron, but it has since passed. You and your brother are now fully vaccinated! Really fun too, taking you to do that… You are thriving…

We went to Sun Valley (a bunch), Palm Desert, Maui and probably other places I am forgetting. We are doing much more, for the first time in nearly two years. We are not out of the woods yet – Covid is still real and you are still not vaccinated. But mom and dad are vaccinated,…

I feel it and say it in a lot of these posts – but the fact that you’re seven is not easy to accept. You are walking, talking, eating, spelling, reading, doing math, socializing, having your own opinions, learning, trying new things, pushing back, questioning, get sad, get angry, get happy, get ambitious – and…

It might not seem like it in the scheme of things, but this is actually a hard thing to keep up with. I can’t tell you how fast the time flies by and then I realize it is time for another post. I then go back through the pictures of the last six months just…