There's the moment of hesitation before he goes in!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Kai's First Day of First Grade
I'm such a slacker!! Here's a shot of Kai's first day of school! As you'll see in the next photo, he was a mix of excited and a little sad and hesitant!! I hope he has a great day!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
my sweet boy
Kai's been bugging me to post to the blog. I have been the biggest slacker since the New Year and this is their journal. I have terrible guilt right now. I hope the 8000 photos (you read that right) I've taken this year will remind me of all I didn't write down.
Things like, "Mom, is there an animal called a Steak?" (Kai)
Friday, May 1, 2009
May Day Surprise
This was left at our door by our May Day fairy (I know who it is though). There's a sweet little wooden elf in there that gave it away. :) There were also some pixy stix--how appropriate.
More ideas for May Day can be found at my friend Chris's website:
[http://www.mamaroots.com/my_weblog/2009/04/on-the-bench-1.html]
Here's the sweet poem that accompanied our basket:
Once there was a woodland elf
who said to himself
It's the 1st day of May
What shall I do?
Why I'll bring fresh flowers for you.
And when they're done, a seed or two.
For summer
Flowers to see you through.
Happy May Day!
This was hanging on our door this morning from our May Day Fairy. Some friends and I drew names and are secretly leaving May Day baskets at each other's doors.
Happy May Day to you!!
Anyone else do May Day baskets when you were growing up? Share your stories..
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
A Brother's Love
Tea's birthday was on Monday and Kai realized at the end of the day that he hadn't gotten her a present. So he decided he wanted to make her a fairy costume. We ran to the fabric store; he picked out the perfect fabric. It had to be very soft!! And I could not convince him of a different color or anything on the sale rack!! Then onto ribbon and thread. It was so darned cute!!
We got home, he drew it out, and we cut out the top. He wanted to sew it right then but it was bedtime (he could hardly sleep).
He sewed it in record time this morning. I don't know how long it will last but I don't care. It was one of the sweetest things he's ever done for her!!
Click on the photo to go to the entire set on Flickr.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Tea's 3rd Birthday
More info about both kids' birthdays coming soon. For now, click on one of the photos to go to my Flickr page and you'll find sets with some of their photos. Still have more to load, as usual!!
Tea's birthday is today and Kai's was on Monday.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Happy Spring
Spring snuck up on me this year!! I wasn't prepared, but maybe I never am! The kids liked the tradition we started last year of planting seeds and playing with pinwheels. My mom sent those things to the kids last year for spring. We planted pumpkin and green bean seeds in small cups this morning and Tea played with my basket of seeds and lined them up. (I really need to get the garden planned!) Then we went to Michaels and bought pinwheels and bunny ears and went to Shelter Garden to try them out. The kids had a blast and the wind was perfect for it. I had to snap a few hundred photos as usual.
This afternoon, we blew eggs and decorated them with crayons and markers and plan to make an Easter Egg tree. I made homemade egg noodles with the eggs and we had chicken noodles for supper. My favorite meal and the kids loved it too. Kai said I'm the best cook in the whole world. Usually he complains about my meals!!
Happy Spring!
This afternoon, we blew eggs and decorated them with crayons and markers and plan to make an Easter Egg tree. I made homemade egg noodles with the eggs and we had chicken noodles for supper. My favorite meal and the kids loved it too. Kai said I'm the best cook in the whole world. Usually he complains about my meals!!
Happy Spring!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
innocence
Snapped this as we headed out the door yesterday on St. Patty's Day. I love this sweater and hat, made by Jevon's sister. Such a classic look...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Tea's art
Here's a sampling of Tea's art. There's more that I'll add later. I love the little bear and the spider below it. She and Kai have been going through paper like crazy! It's so cute.
Blossom baby
Kai's attempt to draw a fairy for Tea as a spring decoration. I think it's interesting that it turned out looking like Pan.
Map of the World, including Africa by Kai
Oh, how I love his phonetic spelling of Africa. It's just how he pronounces it! So sweet!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Is it too much?
Okay, so I redid the header. Is it too much? I was working on making a spring one, but the computer was being slow so I tried it.
Feedback is appreciated. I'll probably put a new one up in a couple of days!
Feedback is appreciated. I'll probably put a new one up in a couple of days!
Tea with marker on her face
being a kid is messy! Tea and Kai drew so much over the last few days, they were just covered in markers. Tea's art has taken off. I will take some pictures and post them. She's drawing spiders, bears, the letter "T", fire and more. It's very exciting and it happened so fast!
Jevon and Tracey
Here's a pic of Jevon and his sister Tracey. She's so talented: she knits, embroiders, sews, paints, draws, etc! Kai loves her! (we all do!)
those hands
Grandma Janice was here briefly and I got this lovely shot of her hands. Aren't they beautiful? I finally gave her the poem I wrote about her last visit here (when I made her the scarf). She loved it!
Monday, February 23, 2009
quiet
What is it about this time of year? I have no words. Nothing overflowing from me. Maybe they are formulating still--the thoughts, the things to say, but right now I just feel like being introspective.
I do have happy news. I set up my high school friend Brian with my college friend Erika and they are madly in love, completely and totally made for each other! That has made me so happy for both of them!!
Found an old friend on Facebook and found out her dad died recently. That was a bit of a shocker. He was probably younger than my dad. Things like that always make me stop and think and make me feel older (and I start to worry about the people I love eventually dying).
At home, Tea's doing cute things like calling me "Baby Mama" and asking me where she was when I was a baby.
Kai would like to know how high the sky is in outerspace.
Maybe that's why I'm so quiet. That's a lot to ponder.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
sad girl
Just had to post this lovely picture of Tea! She was feeling so sad the other day. It was bizarre. Kai took her pencil away and then she was just plain ol' depressed for 30 minutes afterward. She just flopped onto her bed and kept shooing me away.
I posted this to some groups on Flickr and I think it's had the second most hits ever for one of my photos (60).
I hated to take pictures of her when she was sad but I just had to capture her little face.
Monday, February 16, 2009
reflection: our house in a raindrop
I love this. Took this on the day we played in the mud puddles. How cool that our whole house showed up in the drop. Nature never ceases to amaze me!
rainy day
reflection: kids and paper boats
Originally uploaded by Papillon Sky
I'm behind in posting and being a bit lazy here, as I'm just sending these from Flickr. I've got too many things to load pictures to nowadays with 3 blogs, a facebook page, and Flickr.
We had a nice downpour the other day and a little pond formed at the end of our street as it always does (because there are no storm drains). We made paper boats just like Curious George and they floated! I'll post a couple more pictures.
The rain gave me hope that spring is not far away!
cutie heads
I love this shot with their heads smushed together! They look like they like each other!!
uh, mom, how do I get this off me?
A little picture from Valentine's Day. We made chocolate covered strawberries. Yum!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
St. Louis Vacation: Part Two
click on the pictures to see larger, better versions
We'll be going back here for sure. I saw they were teaching a photography class there on taking plant photos and told Jevon I wanted to take it. He said, "you mean you want to teach it? You don't need to take it!" Wasn't that nice?
Saturday, February 7, 2009
St. Louis Vacation: Part One
We finally made it to St. Louis for my very belated birthday celebration. We spent one night in Hannibal "on the way" so Jevon could work at our motel. The kids think Hannibal is a real treat but they had no idea what they were in for in St. Louis! I told them we'd be going to a way cooler place than Hannibal the next day (BIG mistake), and then they couldn't sleep. However, we did enjoy our day in Hannibal, running through the hallways, playing in our "suite," and reading stories. I sat on the couch and knitted and enjoyed the fact that I didn't have any dishes to do, or meals to make, or laundry, or anything else.Everyone awoke bright and EARLY Thursday and eventually we made our way down to St. Louis. Our hotel was right downtown with a view of the Arch! (I highly recommend the Hampton Inn on 4th and Washington!) The City Museum was only a few blocks away. And man, I had no idea what to expect. It was amazing! The first thing that caught my eye was the bus on the rooftop and then the airplanes and all of the other crazy stuff out front. I love that everything there was recycled! And the sculptor who came up with this idea really has an amazing mind to be able to envision these slides, caves, jungle gyms, etc. Kai was a little hesitant at first, but even though the 10 story slide scared him, he went down it two more times!
Poor Tea was super sleepy and not so excited about the museum, but I think she enjoyed watching Kai. She mostly hung out in the stroller and took it all in. She'll be old enough and brave enough to crawl around and go down the big slides soon. I think she liked the aquarium and seeing the adopted animals, especially the ferrets.
I bought each of the kids a disposable camera before the trip so they could document their experience. I think Tea will have a lot of pictures of the floor! (She looked adorable trying to take the pictures, though. They were both very excited to have cameras). I can't wait to see how/if they turned out!
What I loved was how this place made people (including us) a little more fearless. We couldn't help but loosen up and act like kids. And I even went down the 10 story slide and ruined my Danskos in the process (I'm sure some polish will fix them!).
We can't wait to go back this summer!
Check out their site: http://www.citymuseum.org/
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
and they were all yellow...
these yellow wallshave surrounded me
for exactly a week,
minus the two hours
i managed to steal for myself
on saturday
to buy the kids
some national geographic mags
at an estate sale
and some clothes for myself.
my kiddos were/are sick...
kai had sore throat and fever last wed,
a few hours later, tea had a fever,
then the next day tea had pus oozing from her eye,
and kai was not far behind.
nights of no sleep for anyone.
earaches, coughing, eyes glued shut,
noses stuffed up.
everyone desperate for sleep.
mama couldn't escape the illness either.
surrounded by these walls,
we cuddled a lot,
blew our noses a lot,
drank cups of hot tea,
and watched lots of
dvd's ( curious george and blue planet).
i think we're almost better now...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Grinch and his dog, drawn by Kai
Another great drawing. I think this kid's going to be a cartoonist someday...
One way to get rid of the January blahs...
...rejoice that we have a new President. It felt like this day would never come. I'm so happy it did!!!
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