The Room in the Room

Dillon has a pull-up bar and as of yesterday he can flip around on it. He bought it himself by working really hard at maths (which is the same thing as... math). 

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Dillon plays part of a favorite song. They reminisce on a New York taxi ride (which started at the Staten Island Ferry), when Jenn got very angry. Which is interesting bec…

No school! Hooray! Dillon constructed a wonderful den with many interesting features. He listened to the Wombles, and watched some Snoopy. All in all, a good day. Feel free to email us at theroominth…

It's Valentine's Day and Dillon LOVES Luna Lovegood! He explains why. A big thank you to Ms Rowling for creating her and Ms Lynch for bringing her to life!  Plus: wow. It's half term! Here in the UK …

Jenn and Dillon talk a lot about the Greek Gods. But who the heck is Gung-Gee? Maybe they've gone mad, British sense. 

It's Wensdai. Nope. Wednesday! Dillon discusses something he really liked about the film We Can Be Heroes. Jenn can't believe the whole episode slid by without mention of the song. There may have to …

It snowed in London. Soft, gentle snow that kept coming and coming. It's still coming! But it doesn't seem to stick. Dillon and Jenn walked in it and Dillon got a hot chocolate...

Dillon reads a snippet from David Walliams' The World's Worst Children 3. Was it a good day? Was it a bad day? It was a Monday and the snow gently fell over us in South London while we tried to learn…

Dillon has a tummy ache. He's had one for a couple weeks now. When it had a fever with it, Dillon and Jenn got Covid tested. Negative. No fever, but still with the tummy ache. Jenn thinks it could be…

Seriously. Dillon and Jenn love it so much. They hope that Ms. Kamilla Benko will listen and know that her book series has given them so much joy. Seriously, Ms. Benko, it has provided hours and hour…

In home learning today, Dillon had a music lesson. It was all about the big orchestras used to do the music in certain animations. Like, 80-100 musicians! This led him and his Mom to talk about the P…

Have you ever had not just a bad day, but a very terrible bad day? Dillon and Jenn had one of those. Just... nothing went right. But Dillon still makes cool sounds, and learned a nice tune to help yo…

Listen to Dillon beg his Mom for something to do with Minecraft that she doesn't even vaguely understand. Dillon may live in another dimension. He may not. Who knows. It's Tuesday and, these days, it…

It started with independent learning, and then we thought of dependent babies, and then we thought of independence day and so it goes....

Jenn podcasts with a dinosaur. Is he empathetic or sympathetic? They listened to Beethoven conducted by Rimma Sushanskaya, but Jenn worries about pronouncing her name incorrectly. Even 7 year old Dil…

"The days go slow, but the years go fast." That's what someone told Jenn when she became a parent. But lately, both the years and the days seem to fly past. Why's that? And what's better: Tooth Mummy…

What do you do when you've had the worst day of your life? Shake it off... and just go have supper. Thank you, Taylor Swift!

Why does Dillon kill the bunnies in minecraft? Jenn may never get it. Jenn tries to explain the difference between a boundary and a wall. I can't say she succeeds. Then guess what happens.

What makes a good teacher? How can you teach your parents how to learn? Why does Dillon always toot in the room in the room? Like, always. Why? Oh, plus Jenn and Dillon apologise if they've ever spre…

Find out what happens when Dillon and Jenn attempt reverse psychology to get Daddy to watch The Masked Singer UK with them. There will be blood!