Root: DERM Meaning: skin Words: 1. pachyderm (n) (pachy- = thick): thick-skinned, refers to thick-skinned mammals like elephants, hippos, etc. Last night, my younger son and I read a book about elephants, perhaps the most popular of the pachyderms. In it, the author describes how elephants throw dirt on their skin to protect themselves from […]
Month: December 2011
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Celebrating St. Nicholas Day
We tried something new today in the Island Family. We celebrated St. Nicholas Day, the holiday still celebrated in many countries on December 6, when St. Nicholas stuffs children’s boots with goodies during the night while they sleep. When I was growing up, we celebrated our own version of St. Nicholas Day the evening of […]
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Who’s Dissing Elf On The Shelf?
Last Friday, around dinner time, I found myself in Target. Yes, this is the glamorous island life I lead, spending my Friday nights driving off-island to the nearest big box stores in search of alluring sundry like vacuums. But there I was, given the rare opportunity to shop without one single small person. Netflix LCB […]
Carolina Beach-Themed Christmas Ornaments
I love beach-themed Christmas décor. Who am I kidding? I love beach-themed anything. I’m the girl with beach-themed waste receptacles, for goodness sake. But there’s something about a decked-out, beach-themed Christmas tree in particular that just gives me that feeling of being somewhere different, somewhere unlike Chicago, my land of origin. Not that you can’t […]
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Elf On My Shelf
Last year, my mom introduced the small people to Elf on the Shelf. As I found out, we are probably the last people on earth to have heard of Elf on the Shelf, but in case there’s one more of you out there, Elf is a little creature (with his own book, if you are […]