Lily chose to be Aisling for Halloween. I am going to use this post as a starting/reference point. Because of her choice of character, and the associated story, we have begun to explore the Middle Ages, Europe in antiquity, myth and legend, and the Irish language. Oh, how much fun this is! The movie, “The […]
Lily Sings in Her Sleep
Lily chose to be Aisling for Halloween. I am going to use this post as a starting/reference point. Because of her choice of character, and the associated story, we have begun to explore the Middle Ages, Europe in antiquity, myth and legend, and the Irish language. Oh, how much fun this is! The movie, “The […]
A Distinct Possibility
This week, while we spent a few days in Red River hoping to have a chance to lend a hand at the stables, Lily was able to explore and develop a few cool new tricks. Cecily began riding a two wheel bike this summer; she commenced her balancing act on 12″ wheels. Shortly thereafter, she […]
Day Names
Bugz has decided she wants to know about the days of the week. The manner in which she will ask for the day’s name sometimes leads to very strange responses from Russ and I. As a result of how she frames the question, for a while, she sort of believed us that instead of the […]
Fossils, Tea Party Invitations, and Returning
Cecily made fossils with me today. She discovered what plaster can do, the unique properties of silica, and the term, “paleontologist”. She also discovered she could sound out the word, “bacteria”!!! Just so long as I didn’t pay any attention or realize she was doing it… Her level of development in the area of literacy […]
Merida & Fergus, CHING!!
Oh, THAT'S Why… It's French!
Tonight Lily asked me to read a few stories to her before bed. She indicated specifically that she wanted a French book or two… Why, I don’t know, but that was her preference. In effort to aid me in choosing her book of the night, she hopped out of bed and went to her library, […]
So Overwhelmed
I have not had my mind in a position of late to focus on the things that really matter. I have had to split me into so many directions lately that I’m missing crucial stuff with Lily, and it’s making me nuts. She and the neighborhood kids set up a theatre in here last […]
What's New
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 […]
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 […]