Gardening
I have really been enjoying my garden recently. I started last year just because I thought the kids would enjoy being involved in and watching how plants grow from seed. Also, having organically grown...
View ArticleMy baby is 6! Time flies...
I know I haven't been around much, it's been a kind of crappy few months for me. I've been really stressed out and then I lost my cat that had been with me for 15 years to kidney failure last month. I...
View ArticleVacation 2009 = beaches, rain, books, and poetry
We got back on Saturday from a wonderful week away. The kids and I, and even Marcelo for 3 days(!) went with my parents to visit New Hampshire. To me, it's the best kind of family tradition. My Nana...
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First Grade
Celo (Marc) is officially a First Grader. I'm still not used to him being in kindergarten, how can he already be in first grade?He didn't get the teacher he wanted, but after his first day, he decided...
View ArticleFire Season
Fire season has begun again. Water dropping planes and helicopters are circling overhead waiting their turn to fill up from the lake at Bonelli park. Smoke is in the air and a brown haze is blowing...
View ArticleBursting with pride
Yesterday, Celo came home from school with a library book. This sort of confused me because library day is Wednesday. He told me that he got to go to the library by himself yesterday.On our last trip...
View ArticleJust thinking
A number of things have been rattling around in my head, so forgive me if this entry is a little stream of consciousness in format... (I also haven't gotten more than 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night for...
View ArticleBooks
Last weekend we went to the library to get new books for this week's reading list. (The teacher doesn't want to see the same book read over and over and the only thing that can tempt the kids from...
View ArticleProposal
Apparently I'm going to be a mother-in-law. And she's only about 18 years older than him. ;) Yesterday when we picked the kids up at day care, Celo's main teacher stopped us to tell us that Celo had...
View ArticleBack?
We were over for our regular Tuesday night dinner at my in-laws and playing with the baby (my 7 month old nephew). My father-in-law asks me, "did either of the boys that strong with their legs at 7...
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Growing Up
My babies are growing up. I'm so proud of them, but can't help but be a little sad at the same time.This past Sunday we went to Disneyland. Alex has been dying to get on Star Tours since Celo was first...
View ArticleFamilies
We had a wonderful 4th of July yesterday. Marcelo and I took the kids to Disneyland along with some good friends of ours who also happen to work at the day care that our kids go to. One of them...
View ArticleChildren and atheism
My children are atheists in the truest sense of the word. Their only real exposure to religion has been as an explanation of myth. When they ask questions about beliefs that their friends hold, I...
View ArticleGarden
I just realized it's been a REALLY long time since I've had an entry here.This past weekend was spent building and planting a raised garden. I have to say, I'm very impressed with us! My father's...
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