These Are Days

Stop and Smell The Crayons on Nov 5, 2009 in 64 pack crayon box coloring companionable silence craft cabinet cut-n-paste mudroom office smells like crayons Stop and Smell The Crayons We have a little craft cabinet in the playroom where we keep all the coloring books and markers and stickers and gluesticks and pipecleaners and playdoh and WOW, no wonder that cabinet is always kind of a huge mess.  But a good, fun mess that SMELLS...

Hip hop on Nov 4, 2009 in Life In Austin chock full of fabulosity counter-intuitive hip hop hip hop dance class hot diggety out of my comfort zone out of your comfort zone So You Think You Can Dance tap dance class tap dancing Thriller video Timbaland I’m taking a hip hop class.  So is my 8 year old son.  It’s not the same class, though it’s the same studio and the same teacher (Karin and she’s fantastic, FANTASTIC I say). It started like this.  Zach and I started watchi...

Monday, Monday on Nov 3, 2009 in Facebook and Twitter Life In Austin Running On The Trail Basketball Practice blah blah blah confidence and a sense of joy Fruity Pebbles Hip Hop Class new cleats Old Navy tweet Twitter vegetable alphabet soup 6:00 – 9:00 a.m.: Wake-up.  Sophie is next to me, her right leg somehow inside my pajama bottoms.  Untangle.  Start the day. Start a load of laundry.  Let the dog out.  Start the coffee.  Ask kids to get dressed. Coffee is setting in.  ...

Obligatory Halloween Post on Nov 2, 2009 in Life In Austin biker costume candy hangover dogs do have facial expressions Halle Berry as Catwoman Halloween kitty cat costume ninja costume Trick or Treat wigs strewn about the house Okay QUICK.  If I don’t post these Halloween pictures tonight, I’ve lost my chance. It already feels like it was lifetimes ago so if I wait until tomorrow everyone will be all HALLOWEEN? WHAT? I’M TOO BUSY DECORATING MY CHRISTMAS T...

By Golly on Oct 31, 2009 in Yes I will occasionally write about something besides my kids Ben 10 blog blogger by golly college writing seminar just another blogger kindred souls King Julian pegged it Positive Reinforcement thank you for reading Thank you Mom Here’s the thing.  We write these entries, us bloggers, and even though we still sort of can’t believe anyone is reading them, we hit “publish” and send them out into the world.  And then we wait.  Or at least that’s...

Going for “not half-bad” on Oct 30, 2009 in bedtime window is closing belly-laughing blog-legs call me like riding a bike not half-bad roller-coasting of life some semblance of control Well, it seems that writing a blog entry is NOT like riding a bike.  Really, NOTHING at all like it because it turns out that if I go for a while without writing a blog entry, I DO, in fact, forget how to do it.  So indulge me getting through this...

Two-Way Mirror on Oct 18, 2009 in Life In Austin Ballet being present football soccer team mentality two-way mirror I took this picture with my phone a few weeks ago. It’s Eli and his buddy Will and they are watching their little sisters in ballet class by looking through the two-way mirror.  This is usually where the moms sort of huddle during class and w...