Celeste Bancos

Mom/foster mom of (currently) four. Hobbies include coding, cake-decorating and reading math teacher blogs.

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I am interested in low-budget screen-free ways to teach programming concepts to my kids. Here's what I've collected so far:

https://t.co/ERtjyebz8W

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@TiffaniMarie483 He sounds like a great kid! 🥰

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@JaniceEK22 @LadyNimby https://t.co/3ffTwsvkBY

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When I do bath time, the typical result is clean kids, a clean bathroom floor, a scrubbed sink and toilet, trimmed nails, and there's about a 5% chance that I will have decided to give them all haircuts prior to the bath!

It also takes me a lot longer to give the kids a bath :P

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@SlumRNA_Dog @TraderViking914 I totally feel an urge at times. I mostly manage not to act on it.

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@GoldenAKMs @SlumRNA_Dog @nc_nma My kid thought throwing water balloons at people was a good way to communicate his desire not to be involved in a water balloon fight.

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He did it again today and I only noticed because he was saying “don’t take it, don’t take it”

I’m glad he’s internalizing the concept that the opponent can take his pieces 😅

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My 3yo’s latest hobby is grabbing my phone when it’s unlocked and playing chess on MY Lichess account.

My poor opponents 😭

https://t.co/M8AqZQXuzN

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@ThymeToBeBorn She came back to find that her teenage boys had cleaned up all the blood and glass and dealt with the raccoon with a bow-and-arrow <3

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@ThymeToBeBorn My friend had to take her 8yo to the ER because he banged on the glass door trying to scare away a raccoon, went straight through the glass and sliced both arms.

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@LadyNimby https://t.co/hE5ZUNFmEo

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@alexpotato @VicVijayakumar My mom once showed me how her right arm was significantly more muscular than her left. (She's left-handed so the right arm was the toddler-toting arm.)

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So now I'm trying to retrain myself to "pester" my 6yo more. So far I'm finding it to be an especially helpful tool when he's feeling bored (aka lonely?) — a big squeeze or a little bit of wrestling goes a long way!

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I think my 6yo's love language is "annoying physical touch." (He's similar to my little sister in this regard.)

If I want to connect with him I can just reach out and poke him or try to tickle him or push him around — and he likes it!

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This is very different from his big brother, who has always had a very low tolerance for uninitiated physical contact.

I'm realizing that the 9yo's preferences have shaped how I relate with his little brother.

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@mugdha_myers @jon_stokes Including the response to the prompt “make a version of this for Indiana”

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@GreatLakesWife_ Yes I’m a perfectionist but I’m also objectively falling short in some pretty significant ways due to sin — so acknowledge my confession and support me in seeking change! Don’t just dismiss it!

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@GreatLakesWife_ Yes! I’ve noticed a pattern where I’ll get convicted about something at Bible study but when I share with the group, someone is always quick to jump in and say, “oh don’t worry about that, you are doing so much already.”

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@TheEbonyMaw I read this as “glitter dumping” and thought people were making videos of themselves dumping glitter all over the place 😅

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I always like to see this 🥰

If you have kids and don’t have the Kidpower Safety Comics, you should get it! Kidpower is amazing!

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@MrsGoresDiary This is true and also I occasionally feel the need to go full toddler when I poop so I can’t blame them too much.

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@ktyschwnk @KelseyTuoc My boomer dad had ChatGPT generate a professional portrait from a phone selfie and put it on his resume.

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@mishapathy

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@mishapathy Sounds like fun, I’m in!

Reminds me of picture telephone, where you write a sentence, the next person around the table illustrates your sentence with a picture and folds the paper so only their picture is visible, the next person has to write a sentence, and so on.