tiny bridges

Fiona’s been talking a lot about what day it is lately. She knows all the names, but doesn’t really have the order down. So I decided to make her a calendar and we’ve been writing down when things like library story hour and so on. I also asked her to draw a [...]

Fiona and I have been sitting down for school sessions once or twice a day lately, and it’s lots of fun. Our subjects right now are Letters, Numbers, Mazes and Scissors, I’m trying to do Scissors and Numbers and Letters and Mazes in two sessions. We’re using the Kumon books and another that [...]

I’ve been meaning to post one of these for some time, just the funny things Fiona’s been saying lately.

One day we were walking in Target and she suddenly said “Rocket Cool!” I asked her what she meant and she replied “when you see something really, really cool you say ‘Rocket Cool’” and did her [...]

It was too late, we were too tired. I’d just spent about a half an hour scrambling to get the house moderately clean while trying to find some substance (other than candy or cookies) that would be an acceptable dinner choice. Finally I was brushing my teeth and she was sitting in Tiny [...]

We just got back from visiting and Cousin Oliver’s first birthday party. A brief pictorial review:

Cousins in the sandbox right after we arrived. Note the purple shovel, a point of contention for the rest of the stay.

Lounging durring Ollie-Bollie’s party.

Bouncy Castle.

An unguarded cake

Holding hands

Superheros visit the animal sanctuary.

Fiona and I each got a stack of new books at the library book sale.
Here’s her latest stack:

You can see her holding the books, since when I stacked them up she cried: “My books! Those are mine!” So I had her pose with them. I tried to get a shot of the [...]

Fiona and I recently planted some seeds in egg cartons using this method. She really enjoyed it, and was a little overzealous about sprinkling the seeds, so we might have some really thick patches of herbs.

It was a little messy but it was a good rainy afternoon project for us. I’d [...]