Family Life & Kids
An ocean post... almost, pottery instead
June 18, 2009
Today we went to the ocean, as in wide open expanses of sand, blue sky and surf. My oh my, it was a divine day. Tonight I am happy and tired, I feel fabulous. Maybe I need to make more of an effort this summer to visit the ocean; there ...
Color for a gray day
June 12, 2009
We've had some rainy days this week. That combined with having a 24/7 in-house guest makes for days that feel slightly off. Not bad, just not quite normal. I thought it was going to rain today, but it didn't. So we were able to spend a good amount of time ...
a mellowing of days
June 9, 2009
My mother in law is visiting for a couple weeks. You may recall that my father in law passed away at the end of March. Life is somewhat mellowed around here, that's the best way I can describe it. I'll be posting as I can. I need to write to ...
Reading with my boy
June 4, 2009
His sisters were downstairs in the living room. One asleep, taking an unexpected afternoon nap on the couch. The other cruising her way through a chapter book, thoroughly engrossed. But he and I were snuggled together on my bed. Reading about snakes, weasels and stone wall dragons. I love this ...
May is...
May 31, 2009
Blossoms: Apples, cherries, plum trees too. Everything blossoming is pink, purple or blue. (Rhyming is fun) School break: Who are we kidding, we haven't even attempted anything "sit-down schoolish" since the beginning of April. Although I have to say my son has elevated pond study to scientific discipline in and ...
The Boy Who Drew Birds and everything else
May 29, 2009
I have one of those boys. A child who draws morning, noon and night - at home or while camping! He wakes up and draws and is often drawing when we tell him it truly is "time to turn out the light". Maybe it was for that reason that we ...
