A car conversation earlier today: Me: Seriously, I just can’t get over the clouds today. They are incredible. Simon: I call them “weaving clouds” because look how they go together. I put them in my cloud collection. Me: Where do you keep your cloud collection, buddy?* Simon: In my brain! Where else? I also call […]
Yesterday my dad and the boys made me the best Mother’s Day gift. The final product is a bird feeder (specifically, it’s made to attract Baltimore Orioles, which is my mom’s favorite bird), and of course I love it. But if you know me you can guess that what I loved the best was watching […]
Simon doesn’t say a whole lot about school unless he is asked specific questions (a kid after his dad’s own heart). When I heard the kindergartners are studying parts of speech (seriously? it seems like that was more like seventh grade grammar waaaaay back in my day), I couldn’t resist asking him a few questions. […]
We’ve had a wonderful Christmas Eve so far — relaxing in our jams, pancakes and wassail for breakfast, snow on the ground and fire in the place, a few episodes of Mythbusters, and finishing our (electronic) Christmas letter* and all the wrapping. It’s possible that this could be an even cuter scene tonight when these […]
This moment brought to you by Geico, specifically the camel commercial. Knowing how much Ian loves camels, my friend Tara texted a link, and we watched it over and over and over, or as Clara said, “One mo tie” (x 7). DPP pics from past years: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
We went to a birthday party this morning, and Simon got his first taste of face painting. I loved how serious and confident he was as he transformed himself into a cheetah (and he did a really good job, I think). DPP pics from past years: 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Ian and Clara sharing a peppermint marshmallow and a laugh or two. DPP pics from past years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
One of my favorite Christmas traditions is making a huge batch of my grandma’s ginger cookies. We decided that today was Simon’s fifth year, Ian’s third year, and Clara’s first year for helping.
Reading to Clara before school. Barefoot on the coldest day of the year. DPP photos from past years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
I take photos of my three kids almost every day and of other people (and places and things) when I get a chance. I love to travel. I quilt and read and organize with great passion and in bursts of creativity and motivation with long (sometimes years-long) breaks in between kicks. I like cooking better than baking. Read More...
