This is Eight.
stories and snippets from the frontlines of age eight.
Child 1 (2015-16)
Piano in Ridgefield, couple hours of skate park, where we biked, scootered, and basketballed. She’s been working so hard at basketball. I just love her conscientiousness. and dedication to improving and learning. February 22, 2016
“You know what I really want to do? I really want to watch a scary movie sometime before bed. I think that would be fun.” - November 13, 2015
Child 2 (2018-19)
He is still big into axolotls. He throws himself into a specific thing, or subset of a thing, and that is the thing. November 2018
He is big into Greek mythology. That’s the thing. April 2019
Child 3 (2024-25)
WildKratts: the PBS kids show, game(s), and various imaginations, adventures, and inventions involving Martin and Chris, including designing his own backpack, accessories, and clothing.
A furious and unstoppable force of making, inventing, constructing, drawing, imagining…Feb 2025
Very, very into - along with his younger brother:
1) making Nature Notebooks composed of drawings, collage, and writings - mostly lists of animal traits.
2) Marvel action figures, and creating all kinds of games and story lines based around them.
3) WildKratts
4) Exploring and hunting around outside in nature for rocks and fossils. This is their days.
(May 23, 2025)
Child 4 (2027-28)
coming soon
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Blog posts about age 8 below
