~thankful thursday~ butterfly effect

The tree-filtered sunlight projected the smiley faces drawn on the frosty bus windows across the gray seat backs, and they danced and smiled and stretched larger as we drove along. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ butterfly effect

~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ playing games, gaming plays

quinn and i went to the pool several times this month, and he made some progress on learning to swim. the pool was almost empty and we had an hour each time to work on swimming skills. he is motivated to practice and a huge milestone was putting his ears in the water . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ playing games, gaming plays

~thankful thursday~ the essentials: love, water, light, nachos

i’m thankful today for water. i am listening to a lot of water pelting the metal roof of our house, and overflowing the gutters. the driveway pond is now a thing. i am thankful for the bayou that is filling up with all this fresh rain. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ the essentials: love, water, light, nachos

learning how to love

rich and i take turns leaving each other “reading assignments” from the newspaper. we both follow along with a recent series in the oregonian of “northwest love stories”. the most recent story i happened to catch first, and leave for him, but more often than not i am the one receiving these reading assignments, as . . . → Read More: learning how to love

pumpkin pie and party hats

the birthday prince.

yoda and the ewoks keeping watch over the pumpkin pie.

traditional birthday balloons, he is now old enough for a full rainbow of six colors!

he got busy right away with his lego presents.

without . . . → Read More: pumpkin pie and party hats

quinn’s thirty-fourth month ~ in which quinn picks up a dandy

11-25-09 (added 8-26-20 from found notebook)

“there’s a picture of somebody sitting on a Q!” said Quinn about the painted lines on the parking lot at the coop designating a handicap parking space.

“i want to get in your belly and have milk.” (as we were leaving gymnastics.)

11-26-09 (added 8-26-20 from found notebook)

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