Well, lots. She’s officially a rock climber now. She’s “Crazy Good”, self proclaimed and readily agreed by both the mama and the climbing instructor Amy. She can scale and traverse like she’s been doing it for years! She doesn’t like the racing afterwards, however, as she still has not figured out how to insist the […]
Rules Above Dignity
I might more accurately title this post, “My Aversion to Social Conformity”, or perhaps, “Drone Living: Resistance is Futile, Unless You Can Think For Yourself”… I digress. _________________________________________________________ I have been reading a book lately that I want to begin to dissect over the next couple of months. I have found it articulate and eloquent, […]
Look It Up
This morning was full of firsts for Bugz. And to think, she spent the night with a fever… While we were making breakfast, she noticed a dead bug on the counter. I don’t know for sure what the insect was, or where it came from, but it was tiny and just sort of lying there […]
Let's Build a Boat
This morning, while we were watering the sunflowers in Lily’s labyrinth (maze eventually, after they grow a bit), she decided she wanted to build a boat. She brought to my attention a rock that she had placed in a bowl, and asked for a bin of water. I decided we’d have some fun. 🙂 […]
Creating Her Name
This morning Lily was playing with the letters on the fridge and decided to build her name. Her full name. Until today, I was unaware she knew how to spell Cecily. She’s been able to spell, read, and write Lily for the better part of a year now, but this is the first we’ve seen […]
Is It A Moth, A Bird, or An Owl
Today I walked outside and found a little creature lying still in an open box on our driveway. It looked dead, but after studying it for a moment, the eyes appeared to have life in them still. So, I got Lily to come check it out and we used a piece of paper to move […]
Adiemus. Really.
This conversation has associated posts here & here. _________________________________________________ Ok, so, I already suspected it, but, now I know. Lily seems to have inherited a fun trick from Russ. With music coming from both of us, and it being aural and sight, it’s not a surprise she’s exhibiting a somewhat natural knack for it.. But this was […]
Break Through
I remember THE day when Savannah suddenly found that she could read the words quickly enough to make sense out of an entire sentence. She’d been trying for a couple months, after only having learned the alphabet itself in the same 3 month (total) duration, and though she had learned the various things I could […]
Society of Burger King
Oh what Lily can learn from a simple visit to Burger King’s Playland. 1. She is not the only one afraid of that damn bird thing they have suspended 20′ in the air. 2. Papa can actually fit through the entire maze of tubes and slides, especially when his little girl calls for his help […]
Her Song
Russ wrote Lily a song, which he began before she was born, and concluded right about the time she was 10 months and started walking. He entitled it, “There She Goes”, to describe him watching her as she grew. Today, Lily wrote a song, which she entitled, “Here She Comes Back… Aww… I Love Her” […]