I remembered, when the kids and I took advantage of a recent totally amazing day by going to a local beach (Point no Point, at the top of the Kitsap Peninsula), that Florida turned me into a beach person.…
I have here to share one of my periodic random iPhone collections. I hardly ever pull out the phone to take photos, and when I do they linger for long periods in the depths of the phone, waiting to…
He asked me when he was six if he could get his ear pierced, and I told him to wait till he was seven. Now, just a couple weeks away from being eight, he finally did the thing…
At home and in Montana, Ashton’s 10th birthday was a magical celebration. She planned long and well for it, enjoyed all the showering of love and attention she received from family and friends… and suddenly turned into a…
:: kids who READ (!!!!) :: new friends and neighbors for kids and mom :: sweet kids at home… and sweet kids out, too, often without photos taken unfortunately. They have started gymnastics now, which is awesome and…
In other crafting news, the kids were all in a flurry one day to sew up some dolls. Cedar, not surprisingly, wanted to make a zombie doll, while Ashton opted for a sweet cloth girl. We had fun,…
Valentine’s Day card making is such a fun ritual around here for Ashton and me that I just needed to post pictures of it. We had fun, she and I, allowing ourselves into that lovely timeless world of…
That last photo is of the lovely mountains so close to us. Because it’s sort of representative of our life here now, I wanted to post these photos here of our homeschool group’s recent trip to explore the…
That last photo is one from Pike Place Market after our trip. We learned on this trip that Seattle touring is fun on a weekday (Sunday afternoon at the Market just about gave me a panic attack), that…
