Presentation is Everything

When I want my family to get along, or share, or go on a hike or even, for Otter, go to disney world or the beach (anything new).  Presentation matters.  The tone of voice, the timing, the angle of the sun, the current comfort level of everyone involved, the bribes; I try to make it [...]

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Bruders

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Another Day

A mouthful and a smile.
I love snow, especially catching the first flakes on my tongue.  But getting the sun and warmth this week is a treat.  Not quite warm enough for a 7 am bike ride to school but this afternoon would have been great.  The bus is close and both boys are on it.  [...]

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Today is Warm

… and beautiful, the snow is all but gone and I’ve got work in the garden.  I’m in the middle of replanting some asparagus.  On Saturday we went skiing, Otter and Dan had the best time of all.
Dan did like the snow, but he found a dead elk and spent the most of the trip [...]

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Halloween

The boys love Star Wars right now.
Otter is not Luke.  He’s very clear on that, he is Obe Wan Kenobe from the first movie.

We were going to go through the costume box and pull something out for Wrenny, but she saw Tucker Mac’s R2D2 and decided that’s what she was going to do, too.  *But* [...]

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Maybe a Warbler

It’s still cold today.  The boys are singing songs and playing “Rebel Base” pretend games in their bedroom.  They’ve forgotten the words to the song they want to sing and are making up a new one to the same tune.  But they are being very LOUD and sister is trying to sleep.
We’re all excited for [...]

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Conferences

Here’s my boy (in his new jacket).  I spent the morning a little worried about parent teacher conferences.  This afternoon was the day.  2 for Otter and 1 for Tucker Mac.  Louisa Wren and Otter went to all of them with me and they were angels, Otter read book after book to Wrenny and if [...]

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First Snow of the Year

We woke up in winter and it’s still coming.  Peter scrapped 3 inches off the car after an hour at the doctor this morning.  I love snow, I don’t get tired of it.  I stay inside more, but I still love it.
Waking the brothers up for school this morning was fun and easy.  I sang [...]

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Bloomers

Wrenny opened a package of, um, we’ll say, bloomers, last week and she has loved choosing a different pair each day (or hour) and getting them wet or worse.  Peter calls parenthood (and dog ownership) mostly just poop management.
 

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Something to Look at

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