Adoption Journey
Here and not here
This is a difficult post to write. One evening, as I came home from work, I saw that E was home, so I stopped in to say hello. It seems she’s back for the summer, maybe for longer – we’ll Read more…
Kids
Blueberries!
Jaden and I slipped away for a girls’ day out: blueberry picking in the morning, out for a fancy lunch, and then a long afternoon in a bookstore. Home again with lots of books… and LOTS of blueberries! The kids Read more…
Kids
Cool Pool
Lots of books… lots of stories… lots of movies… and LOTS of time at the pool. We stayed there one day for five hours. FIVE. We spent the afternoon of the Fourth of July there, and watched the teen diving Read more…
Kids
Paper and Paint
How delightful to have such useful children in the family! I set them to ripping down the old wallpaper in the dining room and re-painting. I’ve always loved this memory of my grandmother’s kitchen window, where she always keeps blue Read more…
Kids
Eno Festival
All day Saturday at the Festival for the Eno. This is an annual event with half a dozen stages for three days of music, plus food, crafts, a working historic mill, activities, vendors, and – of course – the river Read more…
Kids
4th of July
A grilling-outside/eating-inside picnic with the family, and then I took the kids to the baseball game, mostly for the sake of the fireworks afterwards. We stayed up insanely late, like 11 o’clock! Yikes! Everybody slept in the next day. Read more…
Kids
Vine magic
At one point, while the kids were dancing around to the Happy Song, I took a short Vine video of their feet. They got all interested in the possibilities of Vine. We caught on right away that it was perfect Read more…
Kids
Photo Magic
For some reason the first thing they decided to do at my house was get into the costume box. Jaden discovered that the lion’s mane made an interesting beard, rendering her completely unrecognizable. Kyler fell in love with the Indiana Read more…
Kids
Two weeks with my niece and nephew…
I am overjoyed to have two whole weeks to spend with my niece and nephew! They’ll stay with my folks some days and at my house some days… we have SO MANY PLANS! We want to go swimming and pick Read more…
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Midsummer Madness
Many balls in the air – trying hard not to drop any…. I’ve been traveling and visiting friends, with another trip to see my grandmother coming up soon; I’m winding down the tutoring this summer and getting ready to add Read more…
Kids
trot to Boston
Sasha and Tabitha are just five, but not at all too old for knee-bouncing. They are big fans of “Trot-trot to Boston, trot-trot to Lynn, watch out {whoever}, you might FALL IN!” This may be a New England specific knee-bouncing Read more…