i don't have a lot of time...story of my life...but i suddenly felt compelled to blog for me...not for nablopomo or to say something to any random reader but because i wanted to...and that was nice...so these are my attempt at sharing photos of a lot of free associating ideas flitting around in my head when i should be wrapping gifts or sleeping...story will inevitably wake up shortly and leave me without the words to fill these in...this first photo was taken several months ago but is good at showing the concept of sea the ballerina...tonight she dressed herself in this outfit along with white tights and tap-like patten leather dress shoes...she promptly climbed up on her craft table and did a dance for us...i let it soak instead of running for a camera or video...here are sea and story with santa at a xmas party earlier this year...sea BELIEVES in him this year...telling him what she wanted for xmas...listening for jingle bells overhead tonight...story was still a little reticent but followed his sister's lead of being ok...
i love the angles in these...50's style lamp, afghan throw...story is pointing at "oo-ahh" (rudolph)
and there he is...story love bumble, the abominable snowman in the story...
sea didn't really get into making xmas cards (last year or the year before i had her draw a little drawing for each...WAY too much work)...but she was excited to draw one for her friend ruhi...
and a ballerina...
this was the decorating she did for her cousin on the east coast (we exchange names with the relatives on my dad's side)...this is my favorite way to wrap gifts...roll out butcher paper and let sea go crazy drawing/coloring/painting and then wrap them in her art...
a couple weeks ago we went to a holiday playdate with the moms/children from the waldorf mommy and me preschool story and i attended...here is the little girl hope with her new little kitty who was SO sweet...i really want to find a little cat who lets sea and story carry her around everywhere and LIKES it...our cat claire (she is 16) slept inside the past few nights when it was pouring down rain but darted back outside when the children woke up...
i LOVE this felt map in hope's room...this is a close-up shot of some of the labels/felts you can move around...
this shot shows the whole thing with the children playing in the foreground...she said it was really expensive but i would pay a lot for it...it would be such a great learning tool and we could mark all the places we travel to...
sea's winter/holiday concert was last week...i like this grandiose shot of the whole elementary singing a finale...choir instructor's arms open wide in front...sea was getting ready to copy her just next to her left ear in turquoise (yes, she made her way to the front center row)...
and a close-up of her singing...did i mention i arrived an hour early so WE were in fact in the front center seats to watch the concert?
her tooth was so wiggly that night she couldn't bite into her burrito at the taqueria...sure enough, she lost her second tooth when we got home...looking forward to singing "all i want for xmas is my two front teeth"...
friday of last week we had a holiday party at her school...it was supposed to pour down rain so i let her wear her velvet church dress and patten leather shoes (it was of course clear weather and they ended up playing outside for recess after all)...here sea is eating "stone soup" (they read the story and then all contributed veggies...i would have put a stone in the soup myself but all the parents thought i was crazy...i'm telling you our children don't get exposure to enough dirt and germs)...
then they decorated sugar cookies...you can see how much sea loves sugar (this was just the base of her frosting)...
story was so excited to share in the school experience...the older grades walked around campus playing holiday songs on their musical instruments...the violins were my favorite...
the past couple of days i've been going crazy trying to construct 8 calendars (each unique to the family) for my family and in-laws...this photo really should have made it in somewhere...it was sea and story playing nicely together shortly before sea started kindergarten...
and caught loving one another without being prompted/posed...
i love little feet and story's smile...can't believe this one didn't make it into anyone's calendar, either...
then two from our days at the pool this summer...
i don't have a lot of time...story of my life...but i suddenly felt compelled to blog for me...not for nablopomo or to say something to any random reader but because i wanted to...and that was nice...so these are my attempt at sharing photos of a lot of free associating ideas flitting around in my head when i should be wrapping gifts or sleeping...story will inevitably wake up shortly and leave me without the words to fill these in...this first photo was taken several months ago but is good at showing the concept of sea the ballerina...tonight she dressed herself in this outfit along with white tights and tap-like patten leather dress shoes...she promptly climbed up on her craft table and did a dance for us...i let it soak instead of running for a camera or video...here are sea and story with santa at a xmas party earlier this year...sea BELIEVES in him this year...telling him what she wanted for xmas...listening for jingle bells overhead tonight...story was still a little reticent but followed his sister's lead of being ok...
i love the angles in these...50's style lamp, afghan throw...story is pointing at "oo-ahh" (rudolph)
and there he is...story love bumble, the abominable snowman in the story...
sea didn't really get into making xmas cards (last year or the year before i had her draw a little drawing for each...WAY too much work)...but she was excited to draw one for her friend ruhi...
and a ballerina...
this was the decorating she did for her cousin on the east coast (we exchange names with the relatives on my dad's side)...this is my favorite way to wrap gifts...roll out butcher paper and let sea go crazy drawing/coloring/painting and then wrap them in her art...
a couple weeks ago we went to a holiday playdate with the moms/children from the waldorf mommy and me preschool story and i attended...here is the little girl hope with her new little kitty who was SO sweet...i really want to find a little cat who lets sea and story carry her around everywhere and LIKES it...our cat claire (she is 16) slept inside the past few nights when it was pouring down rain but darted back outside when the children woke up...
i LOVE this felt map in hope's room...this is a close-up shot of some of the labels/felts you can move around...
this shot shows the whole thing with the children playing in the foreground...she said it was really expensive but i would pay a lot for it...it would be such a great learning tool and we could mark all the places we travel to...
sea's winter/holiday concert was last week...i like this grandiose shot of the whole elementary singing a finale...choir instructor's arms open wide in front...sea was getting ready to copy her just next to her left ear in turquoise (yes, she made her way to the front center row)...
and a close-up of her singing...did i mention i arrived an hour early so WE were in fact in the front center seats to watch the concert?
her tooth was so wiggly that night she couldn't bite into her burrito at the taqueria...sure enough, she lost her second tooth when we got home...looking forward to singing "all i want for xmas is my two front teeth"...
friday of last week we had a holiday party at her school...it was supposed to pour down rain so i let her wear her velvet church dress and patten leather shoes (it was of course clear weather and they ended up playing outside for recess after all)...here sea is eating "stone soup" (they read the story and then all contributed veggies...i would have put a stone in the soup myself but all the parents thought i was crazy...i'm telling you our children don't get exposure to enough dirt and germs)...
then they decorated sugar cookies...you can see how much sea loves sugar (this was just the base of her frosting)...
story was so excited to share in the school experience...the older grades walked around campus playing holiday songs on their musical instruments...the violins were my favorite...
the past couple of days i've been going crazy trying to construct 8 calendars (each unique to the family) for my family and in-laws...this photo really should have made it in somewhere...it was sea and story playing nicely together shortly before sea started kindergarten...
and caught loving one another without being prompted/posed...
i love little feet and story's smile...can't believe this one didn't make it into anyone's calendar, either...
then two from our days at the pool this summer...
Denise: Alright, just the shot of the holiday concert I was hoping for! (I was off on the side, my daughter (3rd grader) was having stage fright. You take such great shots. I love the kids in the bedroom, hugging, and foot in car, just perfect. Hope you are having some nice down time. We had some good quiet time at home in the rain last week. (Neither of my kids will draw on every letter. I just take one and photo copy it, hahahaha. Have a great one!
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