my journey, destination unknown
Chloe has had a loose tooth for over a month. It’s all she can talk about, being her first one and all. It’s been very very wiggly the past couple of days, but she wouldn’t let us pull it out. Finally, last night, it fell out. A long while back, she decided that she really…
Camille participated in Radio 8 Ball: a musical divination format where questions are answered by picking songs at random and interpreting the randomly chosen song as the answer to the question, like picking musical tarot cards. The show will air in Seattle on Camille’s tenth birthday, but will also be available by podcast. Camille’s question…
Chloe and Rob headed over to the Beginners Tree Climb yesterday and learned all about climbing trees. Chloe can’t stop talking about what a great time she had!
Yeah, she’s a funny girl. Those, in fact, are Wasabi peas. Truly, she loved all her gifts, safari clothes, the building toy Camille picked out for her, but the best was saved for last. Her own Nintendo DS. Yes, they snuck the Wii into the house and now we are officially a modern family. Here’s…
Chloe is six today! Camille is planning to bake a cake for her sister later today. Chloe is still undecided about what she wants for her special dinner…I suspect it is food from one of her two favorite restaurants — Panahar or Harmony.
Early (well, maybe not SO early) this morning, the tree guys arrived to cut down one tree, and one trunk of another. Pine Lake, being so progressive, requires that homeowners get permission before removing trees, and we, being type A, of course, crossed the i’s and dotted the t’s. Well, it was done by email…
I’ve been debating for a month now whether to spend the money on this new piece of technology. Generally, I am not on the bleeding edge; I wait for the hoopla (and price) to come down before jumping on the bandwagon. Second-generation technology is good enough. But with our upcoming 2.5 week trip, I was…
I had Camille take some video of Uncle Rock, and, unfortunately, it did not come out. But Sienna, Persephone’s mom and author of Hilltown Families (a fantastic, informative website), caught it…
Here she is on stage with Ernie and Neal.
Today I took a quick break from my work to head over to The Funny Farm to pick up some fresh from the local ground carrots, lettuce and herbs. And fresh flowers from our yard, even though I try to kill this particular plant whenever I see it: And then our kitty, Gazoo, who showed…
Our family is one of computer freaks. My folks met at IBM in the 60s. I have a doctorate in Computational and Applied Mathematics and work for a software company. Rob is an engineer that uses computers excessively in his research. Rob’s brother is also a computer guru, with a doctorate comparable to mine and…
Let me first state that we are very open to same-sex couples with children. No problem at all. I came home today from a stressful day of yard sales; stressful only because I was in charge (as neighborhood association president) and did not cancel the event. When the rain poured down, so did my tears….
Chloe is our games nut. She loves to play games. Computer games, board games, card games, you name it. At home show loves playing Sorry!, Zeus on the Loose, Kitty Korner and more. Today at the cabin, she pulled out Triominos, and we had a great game outside on the deck.
For days, the girls have been asking when their cousins would arrive. They were so excited about having them come here to visit! Chloe loved the idea of sleeping in the top bunk with Catherine in the bottom bunk. Camille, loving littles the way she does, couldn’t wait to see Christian. This afternoon the cousins…
Thin Mints are great frozen, but today it was the Girl Scouts that were frozen. Two years ago we got sunburned while selling cookies outside Borders. Today we could not stay warm. Snow and wind made for a very chilly experience!
How’s my Latin? Certainly not as good as Camille’s (or should we call her Camilla?). She’s in her third year of Latin and really enjoys it. In terms of her homeschooling, it strongly reinforces the grammar concepts that she has learned and has also deepened her love of history. In fact, Latin is what led…
Saturday night was the Pine Lake chili cook-off. As the president of the neighborhood association, it was my job to make sure that publicity and preparations were taken care of, plus the awarding of prizes. Overall, the event was a smashing success. The beach house was crowded, but not overly so. Lots of our neighbors…
