We have lived on our street for twelve years. It’s not a long street, about .2 miles, but still there are 45 houses on it. Like any neighborhood, it’s always changing slightly with people moving in and out and houses getting remodeled, but there’s still a good number of families who have been here for …
Monthly Archives: September 2009
More Surprises
As if our week hadn’t been interesting enough, Hot Wheels decided to throw us a curve on Friday morning. He came out to the kitchen in the morning with a quirky look on his face and told us he “didn’t like swallowing so much.” That led to not wanting to eat breakfast, and shortly thereafter, …
Schoolyard
I was standing next to the playground after school with some other kindergarten parents yesterday. These are new acquaintances, so we were chatting, getting to know each other a bit. Suddenly, Hot Wheels ran up. “May I please get a drink of water?” he asked. “Sure – go ahead!” I said. There was a slightly …
Really, Wednesday?
THIS is the state of our art room this morning. Our dishwasher is on the fritz, requiring me to rewash all of its contents by hand. I’ve been welcomed onto the board of two additional committees at the elementary school, and I have absolutely no recollection of signing up for them. …
There is no Casanova in the Kindergarten
Last week, the subject of birthdays had come up, and Tom asked Hot Wheels who he might like to invite to his birthday party this year. After listing a few friends’ names we were familiar with, he casually added, “my girl.” (He actually said “my gril” but I thought the barbecue image would just throw …
What We Love
Color changing Hot Wheels. They are beyond awesome.
Midweek Miscellanea
This morning I had my first meeting for the Safe Routes to School group for our district. I was a lightweight participant with this group last year – actually I was more accurately a featherweight last year, but I think with my newly rediscovered love of chocolate croissants I’m fixing that little glitch. Even though …
Weekend Camping
This past weekend we were lucky enough to go camping with our friends Amy and Peter and their boys. Tom took great joy in telling our local friends that we were going someplace incredibly exotic – perhaps they’d heard of it… San Rafael. For those of you who aren’t from our neck of the woods, …
Wonders of Nature
ooooh. ohhhhh. uh-oh.
You Say It’s Your
Birthday! Sing it with me! Well, actually, it was yesterday, but what the heck. Sing it anyway. Who cares if you’re at work? Take a chachachachance. What an awesome day – you wake up in the morning and you think, “It’s my birthday!” Or, if you’re particularly fortunate, you have a 5 year old waiting …