we really squeezed way too much in to this past weekend...friday dropped off manuel at the airport (he just got back from new york tonight)...spent a couple hours at the park and chanced dinner with just me and two children out (very scary...i can't even go in to the details as this gives me more anxiety)...saturday i lead out sabbath school; sea re-banged her finger that had been smashed in the car so that her nail hung at a 90 degree angle but didn't quite come off...so several people jumped in to help take over leading and i ran her out to the car to get some homeopathic
rescue remedy ...one of my mommy friends made me a natural type first aid kit for my car and this was my first chance using the stuff...supposed to help calm stressed out children and let me tell you, sea didn't like the taste or taking it in drops (i hear you can buy tablets that dissolve) but this stuff WORKS! she was screaming and nearly hyperventilating out to the parking lot and then walked calmly back in and started playing with the kids...anyway, after church we went to waldorf's fall festival. this top photo of sea watching the folksy band play their bangos and flutes and guitars all while dancing around in her fairy costume seems to most sum up the festival...
here she is on TOP of the monkey bars (ready to try flying with those wings?)...she adopted three awkward pre-teen types that adored her every word and move and of course she was hanging on them literally and figuratively...i was very grateful while i munched on too many overly organic gluten-free, vegan, etc. treats...story was happy being pushed in the stroller and taking in the sites and listening to the music...
we were running late to make it to garland's birthday party but sea insisted she get her face painted...maybe i'll have a party for her one of these days where all the children get their faces painted? oh, i wanted to mention that i think sea looks a little bit like one of my longest time bestest girlfriends (who is due to have her own little girl any day now) cara, in this photo. cara is half italian and i suppose sea has almost 1/4 italian/sicilian in her, too...i'll have to dig up a childhood photo of cara to show you...
sea was watching them press apple juice, re-decorating the booths with dried corn and pumpkins...you can see story with his orangish hair and orange/green vest outfit watching her in the background...it was all i could do to get her to leave...she wanted to walk carefully on each stepping stone lining the parking lot, up on walls, you name it to stall...
but we made it to the party...not too late...here are the cupcakes with "G's" on them...
desmond (2 months) smiling on the left and the birthday girl, garland, age 1 on the right...
she hadn't napped all day so she was DONE before we even had cupcakes...you can see her brother benjamin looks a lot like her on the right...
i think they were blowing out the candles here...the photo was too washed out from my flash so i made it "sepia" toned on my mac computer...like the old feel to it...
i love this shot of garland's mom, lisa, garland and ben...
and this one...
here are most of the older siblings hanging out...calvin, ben, ruhi, leo and sea showing off her cupcake...
garland's daddy, doug with her older brother ben and sea...they are only 3 months apart...we had a fun evening!
we really squeezed way too much in to this past weekend...friday dropped off manuel at the airport (he just got back from new york tonight)...spent a couple hours at the park and chanced dinner with just me and two children out (very scary...i can't even go in to the details as this gives me more anxiety)...saturday i lead out sabbath school; sea re-banged her finger that had been smashed in the car so that her nail hung at a 90 degree angle but didn't quite come off...so several people jumped in to help take over leading and i ran her out to the car to get some homeopathic rescue remedy ...one of my mommy friends made me a natural type first aid kit for my car and this was my first chance using the stuff...supposed to help calm stressed out children and let me tell you, sea didn't like the taste or taking it in drops (i hear you can buy tablets that dissolve) but this stuff WORKS! she was screaming and nearly hyperventilating out to the parking lot and then walked calmly back in and started playing with the kids...anyway, after church we went to waldorf's fall festival. this top photo of sea watching the folksy band play their bangos and flutes and guitars all while dancing around in her fairy costume seems to most sum up the festival...
here she is on TOP of the monkey bars (ready to try flying with those wings?)...she adopted three awkward pre-teen types that adored her every word and move and of course she was hanging on them literally and figuratively...i was very grateful while i munched on too many overly organic gluten-free, vegan, etc. treats...story was happy being pushed in the stroller and taking in the sites and listening to the music...
we were running late to make it to garland's birthday party but sea insisted she get her face painted...maybe i'll have a party for her one of these days where all the children get their faces painted? oh, i wanted to mention that i think sea looks a little bit like one of my longest time bestest girlfriends (who is due to have her own little girl any day now) cara, in this photo. cara is half italian and i suppose sea has almost 1/4 italian/sicilian in her, too...i'll have to dig up a childhood photo of cara to show you...
sea was watching them press apple juice, re-decorating the booths with dried corn and pumpkins...you can see story with his orangish hair and orange/green vest outfit watching her in the background...it was all i could do to get her to leave...she wanted to walk carefully on each stepping stone lining the parking lot, up on walls, you name it to stall...
but we made it to the party...not too late...here are the cupcakes with "G's" on them...
desmond (2 months) smiling on the left and the birthday girl, garland, age 1 on the right...
she hadn't napped all day so she was DONE before we even had cupcakes...you can see her brother benjamin looks a lot like her on the right...
i think they were blowing out the candles here...the photo was too washed out from my flash so i made it "sepia" toned on my mac computer...like the old feel to it...
i love this shot of garland's mom, lisa, garland and ben...
and this one...
here are most of the older siblings hanging out...calvin, ben, ruhi, leo and sea showing off her cupcake...
garland's daddy, doug with her older brother ben and sea...they are only 3 months apart...we had a fun evening!
Denise, so lovely. It's neat to see a personal event through someone else's eyes. Will you do mommy and toddler classes with Story at the Waldorf? I want to with Garland. The second child seems to grow so much faster than the first.
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