luc-ism
Posted on March 7, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | 2 Comments
Luc, 4, says: Mom, when your brain doesn’t have mad thoughts in it, then you’ll be able to think straight. So if you’re fighting with somebody, then the person who has the mad thoughts all cleared up from their brain will probably win. Right?
Read More..>>birthdays of the future
Posted on February 23, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, mayalife | 3 Comments
Yesterday I turned 39. Today, Sophie turns 6. Six years ago, she was, by far, the best birthday present I have ever gotten. Or probably ever will.
But wow, hey, forty is looming, right? 364 days away. A friend asked me how I was doing facing it, and oddly, I realized I really feel okay about [...]
meet sky!
Posted on February 21, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | Leave a Comment
Sky likes flying, eating blueberries and cotton candy, and brushing her long white hair (it’s made of clouds, or so I hear). Welcome to the family, Sky.
Design & name by Luc. Backdrop & photography by Sophie. Grunt work (embroidery, wrapping, etc) by Maya. Oh, and also transport. I have become the official Fairy and Fairy [...]
Read More..>>it’s a thrilllllleeeerrrr, thriller night!
Posted on February 17, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment
I have written before of our love of the game Plants Vs. Zombies. Well, I recently wiped the drive on our game machine and upgraded to Windows 7, which meant reinstalling, and rediscovering, a bunch of games we hadn’t played in a while. Plants Vs Zombies in particular has gotten a lot of replay this [...]
Read More..>>happy valentine’s day!
Posted on February 14, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 1 Comment
Someone set off a Valentine Bomb on our dining table!
We’d clean it up, but we’re too busy eating chocolate hearts. Maybe later.
snow To Do List
Posted on February 13, 2010 - Filed Under adventures, kiddo life | 1 Comment
For god’s sake, we just got another ton of snow! We haven’t had this much snow in a decade. But it has given the kids another chance to check off all the snow related items from their lists. These things are all old hat for you Northerners, I’m sure, but they still retain novelty value [...]
Read More..>>angelic mystery
Posted on February 1, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | 1 Comment
It’s very strange….
….but there are angels….
….simply everywhere….
…around here.
I wonder where they are coming from?
We are so blessed!
They even come in sets…
…of two.
“There is snow in my underwear, Mom.”
Read More..>>the idiot hat, or, sophie has had enough
Posted on January 25, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | 3 Comments
We get grumpy. Everyone gets grumpy, right? Sometimes its hard to want to be a good enough person not to inflict one’s grumpiness on others. Sometimes being a jerk feels good. For a little while. Until the remorse kicks in. Except lately the the remorse hits me mid-jerk-ness, which kind of takes the shine off [...]
Read More..>>okay, you’re probably getting sick of these by now…
Posted on January 20, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 3 Comments
Take away message:
Play is an awesome creative power when you just get out of the way of the fun.
Okay. Now, let me introduce the most recent addition to our flower fairy family….
(And because I can’t help myself, here is one more, a fairy our cousin Tracie made. I love the apron.)
But here’s the next leveling-up [...]
best photo ever
Posted on January 18, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment
Look how confident she is! At five, she can ride western, do the posting thing (that’s when the horse trots and you lift your butt out of the saddle on every other beat), ride without stirrups, and can post without even holding the reins, holding her arms out like a circus performer. Amazing! Sophie just [...]
