Recently, my son had a small day surgery at Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi. It wasn’t anything major, and the next day, he acted like it never even happened. While we were there, though, I noticed that their logo included a balloon – just like I’ve seen in so many other logos for children’s…
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From Adulthood Looking Down
My son and I often build things with his Magna-tiles , and I love to watch as he catches on to what parts are essential to ensure our creation stays standing after we let it go. Recently, I was thinking about some downtown redesign conversations we had when I was the City Manager in Commerce,…
Along the Marble Track, Part 2 – Simple Complexity
In a recent post, we talked about the marble run that my son and I love to play together. There are so many fun varieties of this game. The one my son has is fairly straightforward, but some have magnetic connections or some are designed for much younger children . Depending on your goal, there…
Along the Marble Track, Part 1 – Getting There is the Fun Part
My son loves video games, but we regularly need to take breaks from the screen and play something else. He has a mountain of toys, but one of his favorite things to play with is his marble run. It’s also one of my favorite things to play with him. I don’t have the mind of…
A Thought for Your Pennies
As a kid, I had a little leather pouch that I had taken from my mom, who picked it up on a field trip to a Native American reservation when she was a kid. Inside it, I kept a very small but very interesting coin collection – at least for a kid. I never met…