I am still learning to cast onto my needles. So no that darling sweater (below) is not my own creation.
I feel so fortunate to have a knitter in my life. Thanks to a very caring co-worker and friend Molly has hand knit items in her wardrobe.
This sweater is so awesomely fall I love it! It [...]
Grammy Lu gifted Ryan a subscription to High Five which is a preschool version of Highlight’s magazine.
Ry loves this gift. Of course every time we go to the mailbox he wonders if another High Five will be waiting for him. Try explaining “once a month” to a 3 year old.
High Five includes activities and crafts [...]
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One of the perks of being an singleton: Storage Space.
In my family I was able to keep my must-haves year after year under one condition…I had to sort, purge and label toys, books, clothes and memory junk upon H.S. and College graduation and marriage.
My Sticker Book has made all the cuts.
Oh yes, I coveted, traded [...]
By Peter | September 5, 2008
I was just recalling a great story about Ryan and it’s worth sharing.
I was in the bathroom this morning about to get in the shower before work. I heard the kids’ door open and in wonders a sleepy Ryan. He quietly greets me:
Hey Dad.
He drops “Blue & Baby”, his blanket and stuffed bear, on the [...]
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Today was coolish and cloudy. I wore my heavy denim jacket and the kids were both in long sleeves and pants. I always shake my head at myself for thinking it is cold when it is only 68 degrees. Here in Minnesota 68 degrees would be celebrated with shorts and windbreaker if only it were [...]
Golden hues gleaming in my daughter’s sandy brown colicky hair
2. Glad helping hands at the Galaxie Library
3. Guidance from the Good Book
I am struck more now (as a blogger) than ever before with the thought; my kids won’t remember a thing! Taking the time to photograph and journal about our lives together has been a gift to me. The chance to slow things down one post at a time.
Ry took a bike ride down to the [...]
Do you see what I see?
Do you see a mess or a place called Ryan-land?
Do you see chaos or a well engineered town?
Do you see stretched out couch springs or an airplane landing strip?
Do you see a waste of Styrofoam cups or a make your own smoothie bar?
Do you see trash (old Spider-man bike box) [...]
Posted in Really...Continue | Also tagged box, boxes, clean up, couch, cups, fun, imagination, living room, mess, photoaday, ryanland, smoothies, Summer, toys, trash |
