Wiggle Calendar 18: Treasure Basket We had two events planned for last night: I was providing tech help at the Red Jacket library and Dawson was going to sort through a treasure basket that we put together for him. The tech help thin…

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Wiggle Calendar 17: Dublin Night Melissa and I went out for a date last night for the second time in two weeks. Dawson was spending the night in Webster again for his class at the Rec Center. We briefly toyed with the idea of maki…

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Wiggle Calendar 16: Rainbow Science Experiment Melissa and Dawson did this one together, and it combined a lot of Dawson’s favorite things: Kitchen Colors Mess Melissa saw the idea for the experiment on Instagram, and we happened to have baking…

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Wiggle Calendar 15: Shadow Hill We’ve been to a few of the maple syrup places in the area during previous wiggle calendars. This was one of the simpler ones we’ve been to, but it was all the more enjoyable because we arrived, ord…

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Wiggle Calendar 14: Fisher Price Store East Aurora is a hip and cool place where Buffalo Bills players live and kids play hockey in outdoor rinks. We haven’t been in awhile. I’ve had the same gift card to Homegrown, a healthy eating res…

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Wiggle Calendar 13: Fondue Night The best way to eat fruit and vegetables is to smother both in chocolate and cheese. We usually buy the cheese dip from Wegman’s, but it has some ingredients that Melissa can’t eat, so we decided t…

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Wiggle Calendar 12: Sensory Bags As Dawson finished up his snack, I brought over shaving cream, plastic bags, and some vials of food coloring. There is one sensory activity each week this month, and this might be one of the simple…

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Wiggle Calendar 11: Dunkin’ Date with Boppa While Melissa and I were living it up (sleeping on the couch), Dawson had an overnight with Grandma and Grandpa Eaton. This is great fun in any circumstances, but it was especially fun because Daws…

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Wiggle Calendar 10: Lemoncello (Florence Night) Mom and Dad were out for a date last night. It’s been a little while since we had an evening to ourselves, as we predictably ended up falling asleep on the couch before bedtime, but we did manage t…

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Wiggle Calendar 9: Macedon Public Library The Monroe County Library system is full of impressive branches: Pittsford, Webster, Penfield, and the mighty Rochester Public libraries are large buildings with full-time staff and all sorts of pr…

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Wiggle Calendar 8: Achieve the Dream Our original plan for yesterday was some sort of lame indoor event at the Canandaigua library. Perhaps if it was 36 degrees and rainy we might have gone, but we were not going to waste a single sec…

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Wiggle Calendar 7: Gender Reveal Party I don’t know what we would have done if the weather yesterday had played out like a normal March 7 in Rochester, NY. There were close to 40 people squeezed into the Eaton house in Webster, an…

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Wiggle Calendar 6: Basketball Game Up until yesterday, the only sporting event Dawson has attended was Wesley’s hockey practice at the Canandaigua Civic Center. He had fun waving at his cousin, watching the Zamboni, and then s…

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Wiggle Calendar 5: Homemade Playdough In addition to a Tuesday night regional celebration, I also added a weekly sensory activity to this year’s Wiggle Calendar. Dawson has made playdough with Nama in the past, and we have a few plasti…

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Wiggle Calendar 4: Storytime at the Penfield Library Dawson and Melissa set off on a mission to Rochester yesterday morning. It’s great fun to have a mission, and even better when there are libraries and bakeries to stop by along the way. We&#8…

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Wiggle Calendar 3: The Treaties of Vienna In an effort to differentiate from previous Wiggle Calendars, every Tuesday this month will be dedicated to a specific region’s food, music, art, or other distinguishing characteristics (and …

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Wiggle Calendar 2: AIM Research to Practice Symposium Just behind working with students, the thing Melissa misses most about her work is engaging in professional learning. She is constantly on the lookout for ways to grow as a teacher, even if most of…

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Wiggle Calendar 1: Ice Cream Sundae Party Sometimes fate smiles down at us and we are rewarded with an unexpected treat. Snow days come to mind. A leftover $20 at an ATM. Or, in the case of our first Wiggle Calendar event of March 2026, a …

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Beyond Rubrics When my sister was in elementary school, she was given an assignment: all the students in her ELA class were asked to write an ending to Frank Stockton’s classic cliffhanger short story, &#82…

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Welcome, Summer What we’ve been doing with our summer: Strawberry shortcake at Chase Farms Visiting RMSC (Dawsonoceras americanum) Playing outside Asking for ice cream Playing with our water table Celebrating 9 ye…

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Dawson Noises Dawson makes a lot of noises. Almost all of them are loud and all of them are cute. However, unlike other toddlers, Dawson doesn’t express his various emotions with different, corresponding sounds.…

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Scenes I. On a yoga mat, beside a thin partition “Bring your hands together and find your center. Say a gentle ‘om’ with me.” “LET’S GO, LADIES! 1, 2, 3, 4! 1, 2, 3, 4!…

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Dad, Mom, Dawson Dad at Work I’m not entirely sure what I expected from my new role as Director of Technology. After all, I really haven’t had much experience with anything outside of classroom teaching…

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Wiggle Calendar 4: Baby Olympics The champions entered the stadium to the blast of trumpets and roll of drums. Onlookers gazed in awe at the wondrous athletes processing down the main avenue, each with an expression of solemnity s…

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