Today the kids are finishing up their last day of school, and then…freedom. Caleb will soon be on his way to New Mexico to spend the the summer with his mom, with hints of another trip to Disney World. David is heading off to NYC for a week to work at the Tony Awards (in […]
Over the weekend the rains came and washed away most of the snow. We still have a foot or two in places, but it’s feeling warmer–and there is a tiny seed of hope sprouting in me. Do I dare believe this might actually be spring? Maybe, just maybe. We’re all feeling it. David came home […]
Happy First of Spring! I think those might be tiny buds on the tree outside our front window. It still looks mostly like winter, but things can change mighty fast around here. Like a certain girl’s mind. After three months of adjusting to her 2-hour school day and telling me she will be going for […]
The second top tooth is out! Finally we’ve made it through the drama and tears of those two loose front teeth. Somehow I don’t remember being so traumatized when my own teeth were about to fall out. I liked clicking them around with my tongue, and I don’t think even the taste of blood upset […]
Thursday afternoon I made this little pocketed pillow for Zia’s tooth. The tooth just had that look, you know–and I figured I’d better get my fairy act together. Maybe it was coincidence, maybe mother’s intuition, maybe the 45-degree angle with which it protruded from her mouth as she headed off to school, but it came […]
