I think Chloe is as tall as the diameter of this handmade hoola hoop. She is working it! Apparently, she was able to keep it up for five minutes.
Category Archives: Treasures from the Archives
Sophie’s Back and She Hugs!
I really missed Sophie’s hugs this week. And when she stepped out of my mom’s car this afternoon and gave me a series of huge hugs, I was overcome with happiness.
Letters to Mom and Dad
Apparently, Chloe and Sophie miss us. Either they miss us or my mom encouraged them to write us letters. It doesn’t really matter what their motivation was. ‘Cause what a treat to get mail from my girls!
The Joys of Childhood
I am now officially jealous of my two girls. Look at the fun they’re having this week in Ithaca.
Our Farm
After Chloe expressed an interest in communing with mother earth a few weeks ago, Papa took the girls to the local nursery the other day and bought lots of interesting things.
Empty Nest
Chloe and Sophie left us today, for their annual trip with Grammy to Ithaca. They couldn’t wait to go on their adventure – they had packed their bags two days ago.
Chloe the Bard
Fireworks
There are fireworks on the fourth of July
You see their bright colors in the sky
When you hear the pop, the bang, the fizz
You look up and see them whiz
They fly all around,
And make lots of sounds
Watching from your house where you can easily see them pop
Then finally they happily ever-afterly, drop
Innocence Lost
When is it that children lose their innocence once and for all? Is it when they start paying attention to the news, and realize that most of it is negative? Is it when something bad and life-changing happens to them? Or is it when they learn that something bad and life-changing happens to one of their friends?
A Clean Room
I didn’t think it would ever happen. Chloe cleaned her room today. Really cleaned it. I can see the top of her dresser and she can now actually use her desk to write.
Raspberries
No, not the kind you eat. The kind you blow on your kids’ tummies. We had a raspberry “Name That Tune” tournament this morning.