The monsoons are upon us, and we are loving them! We get blazing sun in the morning, then every afternoon the clouds roll in, ready to burst. When they do, watch out! Drops the size of golf balls, accompanied by streaks of lightning and crashing thunder. I curl up on the swing with a couple of […]
My lunch today was raw spaghetti. No, it wasn’t crunchy hard sticks out of the spaghetti box. It all began back in the garden with these. A couple of dudes straight out of Veggie Tales. I found them hiding under a giant squash leaf, hoping I wouldn’t spot them. But alas for them, I did. Quicker than […]
These remote-control cars have been the main thing around here. The red one is Caleb’s and the yellow is David’s – and Zia is fascinated by them both. She goes from being the incessant tormentor of Caleb’s car to a sweet admirer of David’s – “Daddy, can I please pet your car?” Gently she strokes the […]
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.’” -Joseph Chilton Pearce
Zia seems to have to do a craft every morning to get her fix. Sometimes I wish she could just do something 2-dimensional, but right now drawing, painting, and coloring are all terribly boring to her. We usually have to do something that involves lots of cutting, pasting, glitter, or other “feely” sorts of things. These […]
