Grace in small things, October 13, 2016
- Halloween costumes are coming together, thanks to the kids' fabulous grandma...love October and the big deal we make out of Halloween...
- Zo insisting I sit with her this morning and watch a very glitter-y "Shimmer & Shine"...I usually work while the kids do cartoons, but was nice to just relax snuggled up with my girl...
- Hot springs this morning with the kids...such luxury to have that in our backyard...
- The cute "what color shirt was everyone wearing today?" tally the kids brought home from preschool...
- Orthopedist today and I'm going to be getting a new brace for snowboarding...the old one worked pretty well but there was definitely some room for improvement so I'm psyched...
- 5 HUGE moose on Fox Creek Trail at dusk seen from the car (that's the trail right next to our house), a couple with the huge horns...so fun to see, but I won't be taking the kids down there for a week or two!
- Zo insisting she and Luke have a slumber party tonight...I love that they want to sleep together even though they don't have to...
Grace in small things: Osprey edition (September 11, 2016)
- Biking and botanic gardens--and some super cool osprey watching (mommy, daddy, two getting-grown-up babies)--this afternoon with my boy...
- Downtown earlier with my girl...Fringe, which I've never been in before (and they've got some cool stuff, definitely want to go back someday when I'm doing more than window shopping), has this great setup for kids with a white lacey tent and sheepskin rug and cloth (stuffed) logs and fire and sticks and hot dogs and marshmallows. "Mommy," said Zo from inside the tent, "Want to go camping with me?" So I crawled inside and we roasted pretend hot dogs and marshmallows and talked about how fun camping is and how soft the rug was and what a delightful place to play. (And Grammy, you'd be proud of your granddaughter, she insisted we put out the play fire before we left the campsite...)
- Hot springs all of us earlier so Daddy could see the kids swimming...
- Kids and I watched Footloose before bed (the original) (which was rated PG so I thought it would be fine but while watching it I though may be a little too mature for the kids... teenagers--even good teenagers--smoked in movies back then, for example...so strange...) Anyway...Luke and I were talking about how for a dance you pick a girl that you like and ask her to come with you. "Mommy, I like you," he said after thinking about it for a minute, giving me a big hug...
- About to go out for stars on the porch...Mars is a big feature in our patch of sky at the moment...love how red it is...
XO