We love this park. It’s one of those little neighborhood parks that probably 20 years ago was teeming with kids–swinging, sliding, whooping, getting in one last game before they were called to dinner. Now it’s deserted. We usually drive past it at least twice a day, and since we moved here I have never seen […]
I’ve been doing some scheming. A little spying, snooping, hypothesizing, and gathering a plan for our school year. The end result is that I have quite a bit more structure planned for Zia this year. Gasp. After observing her way of learning–and just plain way of being happy–I’ve decided to switch up last year’s open-ended […]
We headed out looking for another geocache last week. It was Caleb’s first, so he was pretty stoked. We used a geocache map that showed landmarks, and it was an easy find. The container was tiny, with no room for any kind of treasure, so Caleb just signed his and Zia’s names and replaced it. […]
It seems that now Caleb is home, our summer has finally really begun. We’re playing at the reservoir, strolling around town, checking out the local First Fridays art show, snagging free ice cream, riding the carousel, catching a movie at the theater. And spending lots of lovely, idle hours outside, lolling in the tree house, […]
Today, after three months of counting down the days, she turned six. She woke up early and went on a treasure hunt. There were picture clues on the back of each note. The clues led her to the playhouse and a waiting pinata. “I’ve wanted one of these my entire life!” she said. She needed […]
